Case studys in Bio

Question 1

Phineas gage 1848

Answer 1

Before we accent he was a kind and caring person however he had an iron pole inserted through his prefrontal cortex during a railway accident

After the accident his personality had changed he was a much more aggravated and Moody person who was a little bit aggressive

This provides evidence that the prefrontal cortex is responsible for personality as when it was damaged Mr gage’s personality changed

Question 2

Charles Whitman 1966

Answer 2

Urges to kill he visited five psychiatric doctors and said he was “oozing with hostility”

He was abused by his father as a child

He killed his wife and his mother then he climbed to the top of the Texas University clock tower and killed 14 people the police shot him down

but later revealed after a requested autopsy from his will that with a tumor pressing against his amygdala which made him do these things
this links amygdala to aggression