@book {2029,
	title = {Descartes{\textquoteright} Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {312},
	publisher = {Penguin},
	organization = {Penguin},
	address = {London},
	abstract = {<p>Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person{\textquoteright}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{\textquoteright} Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio{\textemdash}"one of the world{\textquoteright}s leading neurologists" (The New York Times){\textemdash}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.Unpleasantness in Vermont -- Gage{\textquoteright}s brain revealed -- A modern Phineas Gage -- In colder blood -- Assembling an explanation -- Biological regulation and survival -- Emotions and feelings -- The somatic-marker hypothesis -- Testing the somatic-marker hypothesis -- The body-minded brain -- A passion for reasoning -- Postscriptum</p>
},
	keywords = {Emotions, Neuropsychology., Reason},
	isbn = {9780143036227},
	url = {http://lccn.loc.gov/2006276129},
	author = {Damasio, Antonio R.}
}
