The story of Phineas Gage http://science-education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Educational+ResourcesResource+FormatsOnline+Resources+High+School/B2BB7C9BC636495785256CCD0072EA52
This is the bar that was shot through the head of Phineas P This is the bar that was shot through the head of Phineas P. Gage at Cavendish, Vermont, Sept. 14, 1848. He fully recovered from the injury & deposited this bar in the Museum of the Medical College of Harvard University. http://www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/psychology/gagepage/Pgstory.php
http://www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/psychology/gagepage/Pgdamage.php
Based on the story you just heard, what can you conclude about the function of the part of the brain that was damaged in Phineas Gage?