cover image Descartes Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Descartes Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Antonio R. Damasio. Quill, $13.95 (312pp) ISBN 978-0-380-72647-9

Neurologist Damasio's refutation of the Cartesian idea of the human mind as separate from bodily processes draws on neurochemistry to support his claim that emotions play a central role in human decision making. (Nov.)