Affect and Cognition

When Robert Heath writes: "Damasio and others have confirmed that, when it comes to decisionmaking, Affect (i.e. feelings and emotions) always dominate Cognition (i.e. thinking)" is is worth remembering what Damasio actually wrote: " never wished to set emotion against reason, but rather to see emotion as at least assisting reason...nor did I ever oppose emotion to cognition since I view emotion as delivering cognitive information." and "I suggest only that certain aspects of the process of emotion and feelings are indispensable for rationality." Descarte's Error