num_pages: 312
description: This groundbreaking book by a leading neurologist concerns â€˜the brain science of emotionâ€ and â€˜its implications for decision-making in general and social behaviour in particularâ€. Published in 1994, it continues to attract the attention of neuro-scientists, philosophers and the general public with its proposal that reasoning evolved as an extension of the automatic emotional system, and emotion plays multiple roles in the reasoning process.
language: English
title: Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
titlecomplete: Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
genres: Medicine, Biology, Science, Philosophy, Academic, Emotion, Psychology, Nonfiction, Neuroscience, Brain
ratings_count: 8949
publisher: Vintage Books