Emotion, Reason And The Human Brain
This offers the scientific basis for ending the division between mind and body. Antonio Damasio contends that rational decisions are not the product of logic alone, but require the support of emotion and feeling. Drawing on his experience with neurological patients affected with brain damage, Dr Damasio shows how absence of emotions can break down rationality. He also offers a new perspective on what emotions actually are: a direct view of our body states; a link between the body and its survival-orientated regulation on one hand, and consciousness on the other.
Written with clarity and grace, 'Descartes' Error' changes the way in which we conceive of the relationship between mind and body.
