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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain by Antonio Damasio

lucazani11's review against another edition

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4.0

Interesting highlights of the links between neurology and philosophy, and developmental journey from the enlightenment period to the modern day

laurae_fg's review

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The writing is very dense. And sometimes not very clear. 

literary_waffle's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

emktaylor's review

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challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

nandogif's review

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informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

haroshinka's review

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3.0

Coming back to this book because it's annoying me. The whole Descartes error thing - yes, we know that tangible brain injuries can produced different mental states. But what is more interesting is the bidirectionality - how "subjective" emotions are actually measurable by bio markers. I'll come back to, I'm just aversive to anytning with too many anecdotes,

kris10reading's review

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challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

emiann2023's review

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5.0

I always enjoy reading Dr. Damasio's books. I understand more of myself after each book. Although, I must admit, there is so much technical information that I will probably have to read it two or three times to get the whole jist.

fibrebundle's review

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4.0

Interesting book to read. Great for those with a non-science background as well.

7anooch's review

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4.0

Really interesting stuff but somehow was not that fun to read.