Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient(slate.com)
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Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/05/phineas_gage_neuroscience%5Fcase_true_story_of_famous_frontal_lobe_patient.html
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For people interested in these things - another patient that I love reading about is Henry Molaison (HM). A coworker (a neuroscientist) told me a bit about the man and his condition, very interesting case.
Another similar case (albeit a more modern one) is Anatoli Bugorski, who caught his head in the path of a particle accelerator beam:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski
I currently work in a beam instrumentation project and jokingly refer to him as the patreon of beam instrumentation.
However, I don't think his case is very interesting in a neuroscience pov. He did not forego any major psychological changes after the incident.
However, I don't think his case is very interesting in a neuroscience pov. He did not forego any major psychological changes after the incident.
I've read about him before. The fact that he is still alive is amazing.
Apparently HN loves neuroscience, but if we are to go through patients one by one it's going to take a long time. Better propose some introductory books.