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Descartes' Error：Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

内容简介

SinceDescartesfamouslyproclaimed,“Ithink,thereforeIam,”sciencehasoftenoverlookedemotionsasthesourceofaperson'struebeing.Evenmodernneurosciencehastended,untilrecently,toconcentrateonthecognitiveaspectsofbrainfunction,disregardingemotions.ThisattitudebegantochangewiththepublicationofDescartes'Errorin1995.AntonioDamasio—“oneoftheworld'sleadingneurologists”(TheNewYorkTimes)—challengedtraditionalideasabouttheconnectionbetweenemotionsandrationality.Inthiswondrouslyengagingbook,Damasiotakesthereaderonajourneyofscientificdiscoverythroughaseriesofcasestudies,demonstratingwhatmanyofushavelongsuspected:emotionsarenotaluxury,theyareessentialtorationalthinkingandtonormalsocialbehavior.AuthorBiography:AntonioDamasioistheVanAllenDistinguishedProfessorandheadofthedepartmentofneurologyattheUniversityofIowa'sMedicalCenterandanadjunctprofessorattheSalkInstituteinLaJolla,California.Therecipientofnumerousawards,heisamemberoftheInstituteofMedicineoftheNationalAcademyofSciencesandafellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences.Heisalsotheauthoroftwootherwidelyacclaimedbooks,TheFellingofWhatHappensandLookingforSpinoza.Showshowabsenceofemotioncanbreakdownrationality/explainshowemotions&feelingscontributetoreason.

作者简介

AntonioDamasio,aneurologistandneuroscientist,isattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia,wherehedirectsanewbrainresearchinstitutededicatedtothestudyofemotionandcreativity.HeisalsoanadjunctprofessorattheSalkInstitute.Therecipientofnumerousawards(severalsharedwithhiswifeHannaDamasio,alsoaneurologistandneuroscientist),heisamemberoftheInstituteofMedicineoftheNationalAcademyofSciencesandafellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences.Heistheauthoroftwootherwidelyacclaimedbooks,TheFeelingofWhatHappensandLookingforSpinoza.

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