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Phineas Gage and the Folklore of Neurosciences

Summary by cenital.com
In the history of neurosciences there is a case that is often repeated until tiredness: a young railway worker survives after an iron rod passes through his skull and ceases to be the same person, clearly establishing the connection between brain and personality. He arrives at stopping a moment in the evidence to notice that there is not much that is known about how this change was or what parts of his brain were injured. What we know On Septemb…
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In the history of neurosciences there is a case that is often repeated until tiredness: a young railway worker survives after an iron rod passes through his skull and ceases to be the same person, clearly establishing the connection between brain and personality. He arrives at stopping a moment in the evidence to notice that there is not much that is known about how this change was or what parts of his brain were injured. What we know On Septemb…

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cenital.com broke the news on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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