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March 8, 2011 ·
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Phineas Gage: The man with a hole in his head
By T.K. RandallMarch 8, 2011 ·
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Image Credit: Jack and Beverly Wilgus
Gage lived for 12 years with a big hole in his head, defying logic and changing neuroscience forever.
In 1848, Phineas Gage, a railway worker in Vermont, suffered a remarkable accident that changed the study of neuroscience and showed that physical damage of the brain could affect our personality and behaviour."When Phineas' accident occurred, there was no accepted doctrine of the brain having functions," says Malcolm Macmillan, professor of psychology at Melbourne University, and author of An Odd Kind of Fame: Stories of Phineas Gage.
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