Phineas Gage

Incident

10

What  pierced through Phineas’s head during the incident?

A metal / iron rod

20

What caused the explosive inside the rock Phineas was clearing to be set off early

The metal / iron rod scraped the side of the rock, creating a spark which set off the explosion.

30

When did Phineas’s accident occur?

Exact date: +10 points

13th of September 1848

Impacts on Phineas

10

What changed in Phineas after his accident?

His behaviour and personality

20

List at least three impacts of Phineas’s accident

Could have had:

heavy drinker (according to some sources), irrational, irritable, rude, inappropriate, profane. 

Lost the ability to socialise or to behave formally.

Lasting Impacts on Neuroscience

10

Which part of Phineas’s brain was damaged after the accident?

Frontal Lobes

20

True or False: Phineas’s accident was one of the main sources for world medicine

True

30

What does the damage of Frontal Lobes result in?

(3 main things)

The alteration of personality, emotion regulation and behaviour.