Descartes' Error

@book{Damasio2006, abstract = {{ 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 <I>Descartes' Error</I> in 1995. Antonio Damasio\&\#151;"one of the world's leading neurologists" (<I>The New York Times</I>)\&\#151;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.}}, author = {Damasio, Antonio }, citeulike-article-id = {1869482}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0099501643}, keywords = {human\_expressive\_motion}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2008-06-16 22:40:14}, priority = {2}, publisher = {{VINTAGE (RAND)}}, title = {Descartes' Error}, url = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21\&amp;path=ASIN/0099501643}, year = {2006} }

TY - BOOK ID - Damasio2006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1869482 TI - Descartes' Error PB - {VINTAGE (RAND)} SN - 0099501643 N2 - { 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 <I>Descartes' Error</I> in 1995. Antonio Damasio&#151;"one of the world's leading neurologists" (<I>The New York Times</I>)&#151;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.} KW - human_expressive_motion AU - Damasio, Antonio PY - 2006/07/06/ UR - http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&amp;path=ASIN/0099501643 ER -