Who Was Phineas Gage?

Who was Phineas Gage? In this video, we explore the curious story of Gage and his unfortunate experience with an iron rod piercing his frontal lobe. While his personality seemingly changed, there is much more to the tale...
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[@RR_DM]

A railroad worker whose traumatic brain injury changes our modern understanding of emotional regulation

[@SmartbyDesign]

I remember learning about Phineas Gage back in college, I had completely forgotten about this story. Great video, keep up the good work!

[@MindfulThinks]

Thanks!!

[@Doctor699]

Fascinating and horrifying at the same time.
Being shot in the head and surviving, what a wonderful thing the brain is.

[@Alyssa-lz6es]

I learnt this in school and it is really fascinating

[@alexrmeier]

im at school. my teacher said watch stuff on your nonfiction book.

[@lilithenawilithena2860]

*wonderful weather, huh?*

[@halah.9930]

😂😂😂😂

[@y__h]

Brain is a fascinating machine

[@60secondsuccess39]

I feel like I'm back in intro to psych! I love it. Keep up the good work :)

[@MindfulThinks]

Thank you :)!

[@Ifoeese_Jackson]

This is scary, I'm never going to use iron rod again

[@Mahmoud_yktheone]

This book gives me no interest in me at all and I have to right a book review on it for school, this video helped me so much with understanding. Keep up the great work! 👍

[@Rondoba]

Nice

[@commonking2679]

love the vid. Question can you really kill some one with your hand

[@MindfulThinks]

Thanks! Hmm... well I'm sure it is possible haha

[@commonking2679]

😃

[@fallenmango6271]

This is partially incorrect

[@luischavez785]

How?

[@DericYoutube]

Thank u, i Think i Would do a Video about Phineas Gage 👳‍♂️

[@clockstermlg]

great but you made one mistake. it was his right eye that was out of vision.

[@kareemrshaidat1794]

it was actually his left eye

[@lillithwatson1988]

@@kareemrshaidat1794 Mhm

[@libertyintrust3724]

Left eye out

[@mnet38]

you made a few pretty inaccurate statements in this video