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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 612.8232 EAN: 9780143036227 ISBN: 014303622X Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: September 27, 2005 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Book Description: Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication of Descartes' Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio—"one of the world's leading neurologists" (The New York Times)—challenged traditional ideas about the connection between emotions and rationality. In this wondrously engaging book, Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Three Amigos - Brain, Body and MindIf you are curious about how connected the brain, body and mind are without all the scientific and clinical gargon this book is it. Dr. Damasio has researched the workings of the frontal area of the brain for over 30 years and the talent to explain it well, plain and simple. Beware, this book will possibly enhance interest and knowledge of the brain to impress in casual conversations. The brain continues mystify researchers and scientist. A very good read. Rating:  - Hard to maintain interestI bought this book thinking it would be a good read about exploring the mind, emotions, and reasoning (hence the title). The first chapter starts out interesting but it goes downhill after that. I don't mind the author's ideas but I found his writing very obtuse and hard to follow at times. He could have made this book more interesting to the average reader. Rating:  - Fun at times, but not the greatest writingI enjoyed reading this book. It sheds light to a layperson about some of the inner workings of the human mind and how it functions in our every day decision-making and "background" feeling state. It also presents a compelling case for emotions and body-states being intimately tied to rationality. Damasio clearly cares for his lay-public and I do not get the sense that he is talking down to anyone. However, the book is a slow read if you want to comprehend everything and I believe this is not ... Read More Rating: - Descartes was wrong to separate body and mind, Damasio explains whyWe have heard a lot about railway worker Phineas P. Gage by in recent years. His misfortune apparently the gain of science. In the summer of 1848 Gage was blasting away rock in Vermont, in order for the railway to have straigther and more level path. Unfortunately, one days he lits the explosive powder by accident, and an iron bar blows upward in his face. The iron enters Gages left cheek and traverses the front of his brain. However, Miraculously ... Read More Rating: - CLASSIC!This book is already a classic of its kind. Yes, the hypotheses are not new, and yes, there is some speculation. So what?! Damasio takes the abstruse and technically demanding field of neuroscience and turns it into a novel. The book is not dumbed down, nor is it patronizing. Damasio's main contention is that logic and reason are impossible without emotion. That is why intuitions are called gut feelings. He goes over many case studies, experiments, and introspection, to drive this ... Read More 
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