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Antonio Damasio · Feeling, self and somatic markers in decision circuits.

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  1. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human BrainDamasio AR · 1994 · Putnam
  2. The somatic marker hypothesis and the possible functions of the prefrontal cortexDamasio AR · 1996 · Philosophical Transactions BDOIPubMed

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