Antonio Damasio

Broschiertes Buch

Looking For Spinoza

Joy, Sorrow and the Feeling Brain

Beschreibung

Joy, sorrow, jealousy and awe - these and other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. In this book Dr. Damasio draws on his innovative research and on his experience with neurological patients to examine how feelings and the emotions that underlie them support the governance of human affairs.

Autor

ANTONIO DAMASIO is University Professor, David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Neurology, and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Damasio's other books include Descartes' Error; The Feeling of What Happens; and Self Comes to Mind. He has received the Honda Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, and, shared with his wife Hanna, the Pessoa, Signoret, and Cozzarelli prizes. Damasio is a fellow of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He lives in Los Angeles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 129mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9780099421832
• ISBN-10: 0099421836
• Artikelnr.: 21401707