Phineas+Gage

1. Who was Phineas Gage? What was his occupation? A famous brain-damaged patient from the 19th century; His occupation was to remove large sections of rock by shattering it from the inside out.

2. What happened to Phineas Gage? he survived an explosion that drove a lead pipe through his brain but suffered a serious personality shift as a result of the accident.

3. What were the effects of his injuries? He had a dramatic change in his personality and who he was before. They said that gage was no longer gage.

4. What were doctors and scientists able to learn about the prefrontal cortex from Phineas Gage and other similar cases? That the prefrontal cortex controls decision making and greatly influences temperment.