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The brain and crime - STEM
www.stem.org.ukPhineas Gage In 1848, Phineas Gage, a US construction foreman, was involved in a work-related accident. A three and a half foot long, thirteen pound iron rod was blown into his head, travelling behind his eye and out through the top of his skull, resulting in the loss of much left frontal lobe tissue. Gage survived the accident and his doctor
The strange case of Phineas Gage
library.southern.eduThe fateful day was 13 September 1848. Phineas Gage was a 25-year-old man working for a rail-building company; he was foreman of a gang of men employed in blowing away rock to clear the way for a new stretch of rail. On that day, he was laying …