Phineas Gage And The (Literally) Mind-Blowing History Of Brain Science | Random Thursday
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2018
- Phineas Gage was a railroad worker in 1848 Vermont when a 3-foot iron rod blew through his skull, destroying part of his brain. Not only did he survive, but helped usher in a new era of brain science.
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First time I hear about this guy. He sounds very open minded.
Konsta ntinos Oh shut up.. Hahaha
this comment is underated
μπαγασα είδα τί έκανες εδώ.. :D
Damn you! Here's your like!
Hahahahaha love this guy
If I ever have a gruesome mishap and am still able to talk afterward, I'll definitely say at the E.R.: "Here is business enough for you, doctor"
i'd probably ask to be immediatley euthanized.
@@arx3516 Why? You could push our understanding of human brain forward. I would happily document everything that's happening with me.
@@xenotriver no thanks, i prefer to take the easy way out.
"we don't do mistakes, just happy accidents... Just paint a little rod up that skull, and after, "ttssssummmmm", a little fungi on the brain, right there" - Bob Ross.
Hugo Fernandes happy little fungi 🤣
Hahahahahahah Bob toss quote
But those fungi need a friend. Everybody needs a friend! How about a big old skull fragment?
Chance of cabin?
I was thinking the same thing
that photo of Gage posing with the rod is awesome
Peter Houle I find it makes me feel bad for him: his claim to historical significance is pretty much that of a carny freak, and that's probably how people treated him when he was alive
He was handsome, slim face, black hair, blue eyes.
Sad.
and good brains
Whilst we agree Iago, he does look pretty badass 🤣
Joannot Fampionona aye i got green eyes n thick black hair wassup? Only my right lobe is damaged i swear lol whas the deal?
Oh look, a new Joe video! I'll watch that while eating breakfast...
Tony James lol I did exactly that
Joe Scott seems to be perfect for breakfast watching! Why though aha!?
(Note: read with sarcastic tone...)
No problem. In college I had biology lab at my lunch time. When we dissected fetal pig I brought my lunch to eat while doing the dissection. It was two ham sandwiches. My lab partner had to leave. Go figure.
Well if you had watched his Apr 30 video, you wouldn't have been eating breakfast.
My great-grandfather worked the railroads with Phineas in Rutland Vermont. He went back and retrieved the tamping iron after helping Phineas get to the hospital. My father still has one of the tamping irons they used back in the day. Crazy to have such a connection to this story.
"That spark that lit the charge that blew the rod through his head..."
... that killed the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built!
Exactly what I was thinking...
That's "on the frog, on the bump, on the log, in the hole in the bottom of the sea."
There’s a germ on the flea on the hair on the wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
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I appreciate you mentioning his later “recovery”, in that he continued to work, actually learning a new language in the process, and his personality balancing out.
Many accounts of him state his personality and temperment changed drastically and pretty much leave it at that.
The man who grew mushrooms on the top of his head: Sounds like a fun guy.
Boooooo
Haha
😂😂 I LOVE “Dad” jokes! Sometimes they are seriously the funniest!
-Why was 6 scared of 7?
-Because 7 8 9! (Because 7 ATE 9)
My son told this joke to me when he was like 9 or so… I laughed SO HARD! I had never heard that joke before…
He actually turned out to be quite the comedian! 😁
The prefrontal cortex controls the growth of brain mushrooms!
Imaging if he had magic mushrooms instead of normal ones!
@@stellartoad The would blow his mind...
I've seen multiple videos on Mr. Gage. All were informative. Some were funny. None were the perfect balance of funny and informative as yours - thanks!
Wow, this story blew my mind.
I enjoyed the hole thing. He seems like a fungi.
Haha
Just like Kurt Cobain
I could say this story just flew thru my brain!
And thus was born the 1st Ben & Jerry's flavor: "Brain-Leak Goo Fungus Explosion, with Vomit"
My favorite flavor along with
Shallots and Ballots: Onion flavored ice cream with flakey voting form bits.
Yum! Yum! Yum! Elections are rigged!
What you shouldn't eat while watching:
1. Caramel pudding
2. Spaghetti Carbonara
3. Anything with mushrooms
4. Cervelle de Veau
Eating while watchin; scrambled eggs with rice. Can confirm, you can eat it while watching.
5. Blood Pudding
avoid haggis
Toast with salami and cheese. Went down well ;-)
A spicy Indian dish of rice with Dal (spiced lentil curry). Had to stop.... :-S
Great video! Another happy little acident happened some 20 years ago in Portugal, when a teenager ran through a arrow shooting range and was struck in the head with a aluminum arrow. The skull remained midway through the arrow but the amazing thing was it had no effect whatsoever on the kid. He remained perfectly conscious and fluently speaking, entering the hospital by his own feet. The doctors managed to remove the arrow without infection. After some time in observation, the teen was discharged. Alive and well to this day. It seems the arrow crossed the brain in a precise minute section, a few milimeters in any direction would have had serious consequences. Lucky guy.
Missed opportunity at 7:51 to say "hats off to you, Phineas Gage"
At the graphic descriptions of this guys injury combined with your facial expressions, I had a giggle fit which lasted 5 minutes. I love the weird ones.
Kinda sounds like infection and lack of proper wound care jacked him up worse than that pole. Phineas gave us the birth of localization of function but as usual the key to the story is antibiotics.
Too bad they didnt have those back then.
That's exactly what I was thinking! Probably because the infection can spread through other parts of the brain and body, instead of being localized like the pole.
Fungal infection may have prevented worse bacterial infection since many species of fungi produce chemicals with antibiotic properties such as penicillin.
I’m familiar with Phineas Gage, being from Vermont. There was a plaque in an old railway station in St Albans which explained what happened to him.
Being a railroad man he had a one track mind until his mind ended up on the track
He right after the accident: urgh a hole in My head. Bleading. Oh i vomited and literally My BRAIN got spilled Out. No Problem i will be Back to Work in a couple of days
Daaaaamn, that dude was tough!
Gross, funny, and informative. Great episode.
Don Arcangel I've seen better.
I was eating my dinner during the video, btw xD
Inviter42 I've seen so many people saying that, or breakfast haha!
Wow gross but fascinating
Hey Joe, I've seen a few other presentations on Phineas Gage before and I wanted to say that yours was among the best, detailed and concise.
As a person having had two brain surgeries, I found the video very informative. Thanks, Joe.
Glad it led to a deeper understanding of the brain ... just wondering if it also stopped folk using iron rods to tamp down explosives?
They probably just said 'hmm...more explosives?'
lol
@@TommoCarroll you too watch his videos !!!!!
Raw Vid hell yeah! Love Joe Scott’s videos!
Nope, they still use them in coal mines to this day
Information + Humor = Awesomeness!
Perfect combination!!!
Dude keep it up. Even though i was attracted to your channels because of physics, blacks holes, theory of relativity, bosons, sub particles and all that shiet, the informative historical side of it it's actually very good. Keep the beard and put on your glasses cause your a brand now!! 🙌🏻👍🏻
Nobel patented dynamite in 1867. I think the accident involved black powder (blasting powder).
I grew up in Maine and we learned all about Phineas Gage in school. Fascinating I looked more into it as I got a little older so it said off a Fascination in me with the human brain. We have had many people with objects through the head right through the brain and nothing appears to be non-functional or the person is left with one side completely correcting the damage side just simply fascinating.
I saw something like this once on untold stories of the ER but it was with a gold club and the guy was conscious the whole time, crazy stuff
Was the railroad Narrow Gage or Standard Gage?
Phineas
Twelve gage.
Through Gage.
@@eggroll3055 not close
Yes
"The Dude Has Mashrooms Growing Out of His Head". Funniest Disease Disguise Ever Heard😂😂
Oh, but thank you for correcting the myth that had still been lodged in *my* head that Gage had “gone to the hospital” with the rod still lodged in *his.*
I know it’s an older video, but I’ve never laughed so much at your videos before. Nice job as usual.
some of the most intriguing stuff i have ever learned! thanks again Joe! Love your work man!
I’ve already heard lots about this man, but I see a video by you, I gotta watch! Great video I’m so happy I found your channel
He had undergone two different events, the first one being the damage from the initial injury and later infection. I wonder how much damage from the secondary infection worsened his initial brain damage.
Only Joe can make me laugh this hard about a guys brains half hanging out! Great video
I've heard this story a million times but I'd never read what the doctors wrote. I am so glad that you were reacting as, uh, viscerally as I was. Made me feel better about almost vomiting, felt like we were going through it together. Normally I can handle some gruesome stuff but those descriptions were... VERY detailed 🤢🤢🤢🤢
Your video gives the most in-depth depiction of Phineas Gage that I have ever seen. Also the grossest, to be sure, but I loved all the detail you included!
your reactions made me laugh so hard i had to pause multiple times. Plus a really interesting story, thanks good stuff :D
Well done informative video. I hadn't heard his physician's remarks & graphic descriptions before.
I’ve heart this story from anatomy class and knew the damage to his frontal cortex affected his personality but I didn’t know the full story. Very interesting story!
"The pulsations of the brain being very distinct"
Joe: 👁👄👁
Great video! Truly eye-popping stuff - at least from Phineas' pov X)
GREAT VID man. Was just studying for my AP psychology exam, but curious about this dude mentioned in the prep book. Keep the GRIND
Great video. I really like your channel . Never disappointed. And you’re hilarious. You and Philly D are my faves
I salute Phineas Gage. Tough dude.
I love your humor, Joe❣😆
..So the thing that drew me to this video is I had a Severe TBI 18 yrs ago this July.. it Completely changed my personality -> so much so that when I refer to the "me" before, I'm talking ab a Completely Different person (which I Barely remember) 18 yrs later & my anger is better, but I'm Still a Different person (I always smile tho when my parents say I do something like I used to🥰).. I had an MRI done 2 yrs ago, but the Main damage (it was a diffuse injury, so my whole brain was effected) left is on my left side (I hit the right side of my face ,but the impact was so strong)
..I like listening to you while I get ready LoL running late, but had to comment.. just on my experience -> I love how brain injuries are getting more attention 💖
I'm from Cavendish, and I remember making Phineas Gage snowmen as a kid, with a big stick through the head instead of an iron rod, lol. We have a little marble plaque commemorating him in front of our town office, which is a few houses down from where the hotel was, and my mom even named her dog Phineas because "he might have a few mental issues".
Thanks Joe. Always interesting
The fact that the doctor watched him vomit and bits of brain fell out were some details that really did your warning justice
My favorite channel!! 💪🏻💪🏻
Those 'happy accidents' have always fascinated me. I mean, there's not much of an ethical alternative, but it also gives a very interesting pace to neuroscience. One of my favorite authors of all time is Oliver Sacks, a famous neurologist who wrote several books about case studies. Most of them were patients he personally helped treat who had extremely unique brain injuries or otherwise had some novel feature to their neurology that led to unusual results. Reading his books really taught me a lot about consciousness and the way we experience the world. Many of the stories involve someone losing some common bit of mental experience, and then you find out the (usually) unpredictable consequences. The man who was blinded in an accident around age 9 who was able to have his sight restored decades later via surgery... and how it ruined his life. The painter who lost all color vision, seeing in black and shades of grey... and found it disgusting to eat, and had trouble telling his dog and cat apart.
Not from one of Sacks' books but a similar story mentioned in a different book (I forget which, it wasn't even about neuroscience) about a person (I forget their sex) who lost all ability to feel emotion.... and ended up not being able to make decisions. They could consider an issue and make an extensive list of 'pros' and 'cons' of each side of the decision... but no matter how starkly lopsided the situation was, they could not make a decision. They simply could not commit to a conclusion despite being able to make an entire rational argument. That kind of thing is terribly interesting to me. Or people who experience total facial paralysis, and discover they're no longer able to feel certain emotions. And then they become unable to recognize those emotions in other people. And then they lose the ability to even remember what it was like to feel those emotions.
The brain and consciousness is super weird. And tremendously fascinating. I think we're very close to unravelling a lot of it because of several things I've read that, at least as I see it, show that some people do have great insights into it. Douglas Hofstadtler, for instance, seems to know what is going on. His book 'I Am A Strange Loop' is, I think, either just how it works or extremely close to it. There was also recently a study published which explained subjective emotion as being generated by response to predictions about what is causing internal biological states. Or, as the researchers put it, 'A new view of emotion as active inference on the causes of interceptive signals.' So that's consciousness and emotion down.
You handled this well. Even though I was familiar with the incident, I learned quite a bit more about his life.
We love you too Joe , thanks for the informative content
I learned about Gage in 8th grade.. Ughh, I'm 41 now, lol.. The entire story is absolutely amazing and crazy how his entire personality changed!
I heard about it when I was a kid too, but I never knew any details. I just heard a vague story about a guy that survived having a metal rod blasted through his head in an accident in the 1800's and that he went crazy afterward. But I never knew exactly how or where it happened until now.
@@ct92404 It's amazing isn't it? If I remember correctly we watched a sort of movie documentary about it.. It was crazy! He would lash out at people cussing them and became so aggressive when before he was such a loving person..
Awesome! Thank you!
Awesome work Joe
yea, been in the intensive care for ppl with stroke. One guy was swearing quite a lot after his stroke. His poor family was at a loss "we never heard him swearing even once in his life."
Most detailed video on this topic I've seen so far
Great episode! Please do more episodes on horrible accidents that people live through.
great episode!
As someone who has survived brain surgery, I can identify with this... I want to know why all his cerebral spinal fluid didn't just spill out? I had to have mine drained from a spinal tap to reduce the pressure until my head stitches healed enough to keep the brain juice in place. Walking about with a lump full of CSF on your head isn't much fun, I was paranoid I'd trip on something and burst it, that and it used to swell up when I exerted myself.
excellent. i thought i knew this story well, but not as well as now.
Having been in a coma after a surgery, I can personally attest to changes in abilities because of my medical issues. My short term memory was impacted. And, why am I writing this ???
Just joking, it's NOT that severe!!LOL!! But it is something that I have to live with. My verbal skills are not impacted, nor my behavior. But it's frustrating when I can't remember...
I probably didn't give any insight to the readers, but it is what it is.
Well, I'm glad you're alive and reasonably well.
I know a guy who lost ⅓ of his brain down the road when a truck hit him whilst cycling. After it healed, it left him suicidal for a few years, but he now lives a normal life. Over 30 years later, he's still cycling.... but wears a crash hat, to protect what's left in his head. His words (with apologies for this to Antipodeans), 'If I'd lost any more of my brain, I'd have been speaking with an Australian accent!' 🙃
I seriously love your commentary on these videos 😂
fun fact: This is literally the 20th time I've heard about Phineas Gage as a psych major, won't be the last for sure.
No splitting headache mentioned? Sorry Joe - I’m worse than you I think. Great job as always Joe and your topics are always interesting
I lost it at 3:58 :DDD nice content Joe! Keep Up)
Humour, self deprecating and interesting. That's why you have 177K followers. Well done Joe Scott!
"Puking my brains out"
What is a phrase I will never use again, Alex?
I love your physical and facial expressions .
You rock Joe! LOL, THIS IS GREAT.
I survived a brain tumor, so I guess I find this really funny.
I’m pretty much immune to gore, real and imagined, thanks to ten seasons of the Walking Dead.
They say that the Greek Doctor Galen, the Greek physician was the first to discover the function of the human brain. This means that Galen's brain was the first object on Earth (and perhaps the entire universe) to realize what it was.
Thank you for giving us the video time to skip to so we could avoid the grossness and still learn about Phineas!!!
Very en gage ing video Joe
The facts in this episode blew my mind.
Related & equally gnarly tale, Phineas Gage in reverse: My uncle was in a motorcycle accident, sans helmet, in which he was thrown from the bike, his skull cracked & "Bits of his brain strewn about the road." (This is how it was recounted to me by my father. I later learned that a decent piece of his prefrontal cortex was lost.) Prior to the accident my uncle was a right ass*ole. Seriously. Entirely due to his personality he couldn't hold a job, a partner, and was estranged from his family, children & had constant legal troubles. After the accident he is considerably more personable, pleasant, sociable, and his life circumstances have improved. He is even remarried to his ex-wife! (He is still, however, enough of a narcissist that if you'd like to do a video on him I'm sure he'd be thrilled to speak to you.)
Found this one funny Joe. cheers
I already have some anxiety about vomiting (myself or others- if I hear it or see it I get panicky), but never before have I been freaked out by verbal descriptions of the act... until now.
That's one way to broaden your mind... Thanks. I'd heard of him, and the accident, but nothing much about the after-effects.
“19-1848” love it
Brainscoop's after credits phrase would suit this video very well
I really like the videos about the brain. You should definitely do one o H.M and Aphasia. Very interesting topic. Thanks for creating these videos.
4:16 - when i look at a maths question
I wasn't aware of his near-recovery before. Thanks for filling in some blanks I still had regarding Mr Gage's story :)
With only the prefrontal cortex damaged, it now seems fairly obvious that it wasn't going to kill him. It's fairly reminiscent of suicide attempts using a gun which fail in a similar manner. The person will pull the trigger, find themselves injured but alive, then end up with damage to parts of their brain which will affect their lives from that point onward.
In a gruesome way they're like highly effective science experiments. Just at a horrible cost. Whether it's an accident or suicide attempt that yields such information, it would be much preferred to obtain such information via computer simulations. Nice and sterile and any 'happy little accidents' are and will forever remain truly 'happy' :)
So this is where the phrase "puking your brains out!" came from. How insightful.
Thanks man!
Cool, and disturbing. I worked as a neurology surgery nurse in a teaching hospital. His story is amazing. I certainly don't wish ill for anyone, but I would have loved assisting with this surgery.
I did my research and started fasting yesterday (Just Water). My goal is a 3 day fast. I'm hungry AF right now, but I can feel the difference. Is crazy how I never notice the natural processes my own body. Looking forward to an awesome healthy meal on Sunday. Wish me luck :)
To say that brain creates consciousness is the same as saying that my phone is creating you and every other thing "inside" it.
Incorrect analogy&conclusion, but what the heck, it's your comment.
He came to Chile, how interesting. Nothing is known about him here, or at least not commonly.
Makes sense though.
Another great video, thanks.
I just happened to be eating a bowl of chili, when watching this, with Fritos and cornbread.
"Uuuggghhh awwwww uhhhh oh God, ugh, vomiting is so gross" 😂😂😂
The photo of Gage is 100% badass.
That was a really mind blowing story
The brain trying to understand how it works is a vibe
I like how the physician didn't believe Gage's story, like how else would he have lost a quarter of his head like that! 😆