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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Macmillan, Malcolm, 1929-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Gage, Phineas > Health.
Gage, Phineas
Gage, Phineas.
Brain damage > Patients > United States > Biography.
Split brain > History.
Psychosurgery > History.
Brain > Localization of functions > History.
Head Injuries, Penetrating > history
Brain > physiology
General Surgery > history
Head Injuries, Penetrating > surgery
Personnes atteintes de lésions cérébrales > États-Unis > Biographies.
Cerveau dédoublé > Histoire.
Psychochirurgie > Histoire.
Localisation cérébrale > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Surgery > Neurosurgery.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
Brain damage > Patients.
Brain > Localization of functions.
Health.
Psychosurgery.
Split brain.
Hersenbeschadiging.
Gedragsverandering.
Persoonlijkheidskenmerken.
Medicine.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Neurology.
United States
United States.
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Casestudies (vorm)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Background to fame
  • Early receptions: popular and medical
  • The implications of Harlow's treatment
  • The wonderful journey
  • The damage to Gage's psyche
  • Localization: the background
  • Localization: the beginnings
  • Localization in the brain
  • Gage and surgery for the brain
  • Gage and surgery for the psyche
  • Gage, inhibition, and thought
  • The popular stories
  • The scientific stories
  • The hidden portrait
  • A realistic conclusion.

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