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

What is the main argument that Damasio’s somatic-marker hypothesis poses, and what is the reasoning behind it?

To what extent does considering the mind and body as complementary systems in the evolutionary process modify our approach to neuroscientific research?

A person who is afraid of insects sees and feels a spider on his hand. Describe, according to Damasio’s somatic-marker theory, how the person might process and store this information.

To what extent is Elliot’s bad decision-making after the incident a product of faulty memory?

Explain how the mind is embodied. Use at least two examples.

Discuss how perception is both an act of receiving information and a capacity to affect the external environment.

Illustrate the process through which the mind monitors body states and explain how this supports the somatic-marker hypothesis.

Among all the disproven ideas that Cartesian philosophy put forth, what was Descartes’ biggest mistake according to the author? Provide at least two examples.