Phineas Gage - AP Psychology Period 5

1. After reading "Is Phineas Gage Still the Same Man?", consider this...If a person suffers a major head injury in an accident and then acts differently afterward, can we assume that brain damage was responsible for the personality change? Why or why not?
2. Search on the following site, http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c10.228.html, for other forms of brain damge. Discuss what part of the brain damaged and how the patient's behavior was affected?

Phineas Gage - AP Psychology Period 6

1. After reading "Is Phineas Gage Still the Same Man?", consider this...If a person suffers a major head injury in an accident and then acts differently afterward, can we assume that brain damage was responsible for the personality change? Why or why not?
2. Search on the following site: http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c10.228.html for other forms of brain damge. Discuss what part of the brain damaged and how the patient's behavior was affected?