Book chapter
Phineas Gage
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, pp.1-3
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
01/30/2010
DOI: 10.1002/9780470479216.corpsy0678
Abstract
On September 13, 1998, a group of brain scientists, including neurologists, neuropsychologists, and neurosurgeons, gathered in the hamlet of Cavendish, Vermont, to commemorate a bizarre anniversary. It was the 150th anniversary of an accident in which a young man named Phineas Gage suffered a brain injury when an iron bar was shot through the front part of his head. The accident itself was remarkable enough—immediately afterward, despite a gruesome wound to the front of his head and brain, Gage was conscious, alert, and talkative, and it seemed rather a miracle that he had even survived. But what followed over the next few decades, and then over the many years since, is what put Cavendish, Vermont, on the scientific map and became the reason for scientists to travel from around the world that late summer day in 1998 to commemorate the anniversary (see Macmillan, 2000).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Phineas Gage
- Creators
- Daniel Tranel - University of Iowa College of MedicineDavid Cordry - University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Contributors
- Irving B Weiner (Editor) - University of South FloridaW. Edward Craighead (Editor) - Emory University
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, pp.1-3
- DOI
- 10.1002/9780470479216.corpsy0678
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hoboken, NJ, USA
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/30/2010
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002427902771
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