48 pages • 1 hour read
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1994
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To what extent does the Phineas Gage case challenge Cartesian philosophy?
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What is the main argument that Damasio’s somatic-marker hypothesis poses, and what is the reasoning behind it?
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To what extent does considering the mind and body as complementary systems in the evolutionary process modify our approach to neuroscientific research?
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