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1 Phineas Gage

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3 Phineas Gage Phineas P. Gage (1823 – 1860) was an American railroad construction foreman now remembered for his incredible survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior—effects so profound that friends saw him as "no longer Gage."

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Who was Phineas Gage? What is he known for? What part of the brain was effected by the accident. How did his behavior change after the accident?

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