Phineas Gage
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Time: 30 minutes
20 point scoring
Computer lab: individual
Directions/Activity: Find out more about the frontal lobe with the story
of Phineas Gage
- an unlucky worker in 1848 who survived an iron rod that went through his
head!! Another account about Mr. Gage and the frontal lobe can be found in
this story called What
Happened to Phineas? from a paper written by James Shreeve.
Use the information from the 2 websites to answer the following questions.
Who was Phineas Gage?
How did he get hurt?
What was abnormal about his condition?
When did he die?
Why could Phineas still walk and talk normally?
What area was destroyed that made him anti-social?
Who is using this information now?
How do you think that this information could help mankind in the future?