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The Return of Phineas Gage (Photoshop Restoration)

3,562 views · Published 23 February 2015 · 2:14 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: JudeMaris · 2015 · Film & Animation

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Phineas P. Gage (July 9, 1823? - May 21,1860) unintentionally became one of the most famous cases in neuroscience when he survived the horrendous aftereffects of a 3 ft. long, 13 1/4 pound tamping iron being blown clear through his head while working on a railroad construction site on September 13, 1848. The resulting changes to his personality and behavior gave medicine the first clear indications that damage to different areas of the brain could cause changes to different aspects of the personality.

Phineas Gage survived 12 more years after his accident, but began to suffer seizures toward the end of his life, and they became severe enough to eventually cause his death at the age of 36.

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