BRAIN
CEREBRUM
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Question
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temporal lobe
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frontal lobe
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parietal lobe
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occipital lobe
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Detailed explanation-1: -Phineas Gage, (born July 1823, New Hampshire, U.S.-died May 1860, California), American railroad foreman known for having survived a traumatic brain injury caused by an iron rod that shot through his skull and obliterated the greater part of the left frontal lobe of his brain.
Detailed explanation-2: -He is often reported as having permanently lost his inhibitions, so that he started to behave inappropriately in social situations. Some reports state that became violent and “uncontrollable", and even that he started to molest children.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gage suffered a severe brain injury from an iron rod penetrating his skull, of which he miraculously survived. After the accident, Gage’s personality was said to have changed as a result of the damage the frontal lobe of his brain.