He suffered a traumatic brain injury when an iron rod was driven through his entire skull, destroying much of his frontal lobe. Phineas gage 18231860, american railroad construction foreman whose personality was changed by an accident that destroyed part of his brain phineas hitchcock 18311881, american politician phineas hodson died 1646, anglican clergyman and chancellor of york from 1611 to 1646. Sep 06, 2017 phineas gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was blasting rock near cavendish. Phineas gage phineas pot is known as one of the most celebrated documented instances of encephalon hurt. Stories of phineas gage, the university of melbournes malcolm macmillan writes that twothirds of introductory psychology textbooks mention gage. His name was phineas gage, and he lived in new england over 150 years ago. Phineas gage paper the brain plays a significant role in cognitive functioning. And could he john parker september, 1848, was a terrible day for phineas gage. Read phineas gage a gruesome but true story about brain science by john fleischman available from rakuten kobo.
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