Descartes' Error (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of Descartes' Error Sunday, November 22 2009.

Timothy Gray changed the title of Descartes' Error Sunday, November 22 2009.

Timothy Gray approved Pequeño saltamontes’s request to combine 16 books, including Descartes' Error, Sunday, November 22 2009.

Pequeño saltamontes submitted a request to combine 16 books, including Descartes' Error, Sunday, November 22 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of Descartes' Error Sunday, August 2 2009.

• 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 Descartes’ Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio—"one of the world’s leading neurologists" ( The New York Times )—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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Descartes' Error Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Antonio R. Damasio: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Descartes' Error Thursday, July 16 2009.

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