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An odd kind of fame : stories of Phineas Gage /
"In 1848 a railway construction worker named Phineas Gage suffered an accident ... : an explosion [that] caused a tamping iron to be blown completely through his head, destroying the left frontal lobe of his brain. Gage survived the accident and remained in reasonable physical health for anothe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In 1848 a railway construction worker named Phineas Gage suffered an accident ... : an explosion [that] caused a tamping iron to be blown completely through his head, destroying the left frontal lobe of his brain. Gage survived the accident and remained in reasonable physical health for another eleven years. But his behavior changed markedly after the injury, and his case is considered to be the firstto reveal the relation between the brain and complex personality characteristics."--Jacket |
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| Notas: | "A Bradford book." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 562 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-543) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262278836 0262278839 0585477604 9780585477602 |