Author Question: Remarkably, Phineas Gage survived a horrific traumatic brain injury in 1848, but was not the same ... (Read 591 times)

acc299 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Remarkably, Phineas Gage survived a horrific traumatic brain injury in 1848, but was not the same person as before his accident. Although outwardly normal in his intelligence, speech, and movement, Gage became prone to angry outbursts and unreliability. In which area of his brain did Phineas Gage experience trauma?

a. right parietal lobe
b. right occipital lobe
c. left temporal lobe
d. left frontal lobe

Question 2

The most forward part of the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex, known as the ____, is involved with ____.

a. primary somatosensory cortex; processing emotions
b. prefrontal cortex; the planning of behavior, attention, and judgment
c. parietal cortex; processing touch, pain, and body position
d. primary cortex; processing the movement of objects