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An odd kind of fame : stories of Phineas Gage /

Main Author: Macmillan, Malcolm, 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Gage, Phineas > Health.
Gage, Phineas.
Brain damage > Patients > United States
Split brain > History.
Psychosurgery > History.
Brain > Localization of functions > History.
Head Injuries, Penetrating.
Brain.
MEDICAL > Surgery > Neurosurgery.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
Brain damage > Patients.
Brain > Localization of functions.
Health.
Psychosurgery.
Hersenbeschadiging.
Gedragsverandering.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Background to fame
  • Early receptions: popular and medical
  • The implications of Harlow's treatment
  • The wonderful journey
  • The damage to Gage's psyche
  • Localization: the background
  • Localization: the beginnings
  • Localization in the brain
  • Gage and surgery for the brain
  • Gage and surgery for the psyche
  • Gage, inhibition, and thought
  • The popular stories
  • The scientific stories
  • The hidden portrait
  • A realistic conclusion.

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