https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp Made by Rachael Lynch & Kara Booth en-us 2018-10-15 18:15:08 UTC 2025-05-21 12:17:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 2036941 https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/292996374 Phineas Gage was working on a railroad in Vermont. On September 13, 1848, explosive powder detonated, sending a 43 inch long tamping iron through his cheek, into his brain (his left frontal lobe), and through his skull. 
RL]]> 2018-10-15 18:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/292996374 2036941 https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/292999763 Gage was left blind in his left eye. 
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]]> 2018-10-15 18:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293000976 2036941 https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293001183 The injury resulted in damage to the emotional processing and rational decision making. KB]]> 2018-10-15 18:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293001183 203790 https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293532459 The iron rod destroyed 11 percent of white matter in his frontal lobe and 4 percent of his cerebral cortex. 
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]]> 2018-10-16 18:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293532459 203790 https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293534087 The injury was limited to only affecting the left frontal lobe. 
KB]]> 2018-10-16 18:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293534087 203790 https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293987247 2018-10-17 17:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/293987247 2036941 https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/294046806 Just minutes after the rod went through his head, he was sitting up and talking about what had just happened. 
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/nov/05/phineas-gage-head-personality]]> 2018-10-17 18:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/294050070 2036941 https://padlet.com/203790/clrsrxp6yksp/wish/294050230 Phineas Gage's injury was very important in establishing that the frontal lobe controls one's personality and higher cognitive functions. After the accident, Gage lost his motivation and started acting inappropriately and violently in social settings. Some say he even started to sexually assault children. 
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