Introduction xi
PART I
Unpleasantness in Vermont 3
Gage’s Brain Revealed 20
A Modern Phineas Gage 34
In Colder Blood 52
PART II
Assembling an Explanation 83
Biological Regulation and Survival 114
Emotions and Feelings 127
The Somatic-Marker Hypothesis 165
PART III
Testing the Somatic-Marker Hypothesis 205
The Body-Minded Brain 223
A Passion for Reasoning 245
Postscriptum 253
Notes and References 269
Further Reading 293
Acknowledgments 299
Index 301