Marcum, J.A. (2013). The Role of Emotions in Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making.  J Med Philos (2013) 38 (5): 501-519.  doi: 10.1093/jmp/jht040.  First published online: August 24, 2013. Abstract What role, if any, should emotions play in clinical reasoning and decision making? Traditionally, emotions have been excluded from clinical reasoning and decision making, but with recent advances in cognitive neuropsychology they are now considered an important component of them. Today, cognition is thought to be a set of complex processes relying on multiple types of intelligences. The role of mathematical logic (hypothetico-deductive thinking) or verbal linguistic intelligence in … [Read more...] about Marcum JA (2013) The Role of Emotions in Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making. J Med Philos (2013) 38 (5): 501-519