phinneas gage

Question 1

what happened to phineas gage

Answer 1

he was working on railroad construction, he suffered a severe accident, a metal rod passed through his skull at high speed, entering left side of brain, he survived but suffered brain damage

Question 2

what happened to his behaviour

Answer 2

he went from polite to extremely rude

Question 3

what did ratiu et al discover

Answer 3

ratiu et al studied gage’s skull and used cat scans to determine how the rod damaged his brain. gage suffered extensive damage to his left frontal lobe, explaining why he had severe behavioural changes