Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has oftenoverlooked emotions as the source of a person?s true being. Even modernneuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brainfunction, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication ofDescartes? Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio?"one of the world?s leadingneurologists" (The New York Times)?challenged traditional ideas about theconnection between emotions and rationality. In this wondrously engaging book,Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of casestudies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury,they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior.
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Astonishing... a passionately erudite, penetrating tour through the humanmind. -- San Francisco Chronicle
Crucial reading not only for neuroscientists and philosophers but for layreaders too. -- The New York Times Book Review作者简介
Antonio Damasio, a neurologist and neuroscientist, is at the University of Southern California, where he directs a new brain research institute dedicated to the study of emotion and creativity. He is also an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. The recipient of numerous awards (several shared with his wife Hanna Damasio, also a neurologist and neuroscientist), he is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of two other widely acclaimed books, The Felling of What Happens and Looking for Spinoza.
| 出版社 | Penguin |
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| 作者 | Antonio Damasio |