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Which lobe of the cortex was damaged when Phineas Gage had his accident?
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∙ 13y ago
the frontal lobe of cortex
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∙ 12y agoFrontal lobe
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The three-foot-spike which damaged the Phineas Gage's frontal lobe resulted in?
Changes in personality.
What part of the brain controls judgment?
The frontal lobes of the brain are the seat of judgment. The most famous case which proved this, is that of Phineas Gage, a railway worker who had a tamping iron blown through his skull, causing a dramatic change in his personality.
What happens if the frontal lobe is underdeveloped?
underdeveloped frontal lobes make you a social weirdo and you just don't fit in with people look up Phineas Gage source: Thinking About Psychology by Charles Blair-Broeker, Randal Ernst, David Myers. Worth Publishers, 2008.
What are the effects that would attribute to frontal lobe damage?
The frontal lobe contains the personality and perception of time and space. Damaging the frontal lobe would probably change a persons personality. A pre-frontal lobotomy has been preformed on patients that had excessive behaviors. The procedure, now abandoned, made the patients meek, useless and sometimes just staring into space.
What are tapars?
tapars are limitid of gage
What important parts of the brain got hit in Phineas gauge's accident?
The main damaged suffered by Phineas Gage was in the frontal cortex and the pre-frontal cortex. These injuries resulted in a complete loss of social inhibitions, which often led to inappropriate behaviour.
You learned from the case of Phineas Gage that the prefrontal cortex is vital for processes of?
From the case of Phineas Gage we know that the prefrontal cortex is vital for processes of reasoning and emotional control.
The three-foot-spike which damaged the Phineas Gage's frontal lobe resulted in?
Changes in personality.
The case of Phineas Gage suggests that the lobes regulate your personality and are largely responsible for much of what makes us uniquely human?
The case of Phineas Gage suggests that the part where his brain was damaged is responsible for regulating one's personality. That damaged part of his brain was the frontal lobe.
Why was the accident involving Phineas Gage important to research scientists?
the incident showed that a severe trauma such as a steel rod going through a steel rod going through a persons frontal cortex dould lead to behavior change
Why was accident involving Phineas gage important to research to scientists?
the incident showed that a severe trauma such as a steel rod going through a steel rod going through a persons frontal cortex dould lead to behavior change
What is phineas gage new job?
I am not sure what Phineas Gage's new job is. There are many of people named Phineas Gage is in world.
When and where did Phineas Gage die?
Phineas Gage died in or near San Francisco on 20th May, 1860, almost 12 years after the accident that drove an iron rod through his head. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
What did the workers do after Phineas gauge's accident?
After Phineas Gage's accident, workers had to fire him because he acted evil towards people. He cursed at people and began to loose the ability to care about humans or anyone and/or thing for that matter.
What is a description of Phineas gauge's accident?
Phineas Gage was in a horrible accident. He survived for another eleven years following the accident. The accident description is that an iron rod was driven completely through his head destroying the majority of the left frontal lobe and affecting his memory, behavior, and personality.
What are the ratings and certificates for Phineas Gage - 2009 SUSPENDED?
Phineas Gage - 2009 SUSPENDED is rated/received certificates of: USA:R
What was Phineas gauge known for?
Phineas Gage was known for surviving an unimaginable accident where where a large iron rod was driven entirely through his head. As he worked as a foreman for the American railroad construction, an explosion caused the iron rod, which was used as part of the explosion, to fly in the air and penetrate Gage's skull.
