Phineas Gage

[m3lonhead1]

The video would have been a thousand times better WITHOUT the background music.. i could barely understand what you were saying :/ and if i do bad on my quiz tmrw .. BECAUSE of you... im gonna kill you ..!! :/

[m3lonhead1]

The video would have been a thousand times better WITHOUT the background music.. i could barely understand what you were saying :/

[BigALXreviews]

watched this video in class... creepy video lol

[mystiffone1]

the background music makes it hard to concentrate on what your saying

[HeartHindustan]

The music is too loud and distracting, and the narrator has no interest in what he is speaking! They should remake this video...

[supercrisy13]

our class is reading this book at i mean 0:03

[supercrisy13]

our class is reading this book at 3:00

[F1asco7]

i grew up in cavendish. i waited for the bus to school everymorning right in front of that memorial stone lol. leaved on the same street that Dr Harlow lived. neat town history but boring as a kid nothing in that town except a old factory and a little gas station.

[julcaaa]

what's with the mumbling?? can't understand half of what he says!

[Abee2RAW]

I'm reading this book at school .

[diatras]

good video

[soufwesthoustontx]

Why this guy voice sound like this???

[mattizle14]

you have the worst reading voice i've ever heard. it's like ben stein sleep talking.

[QueenBoadicea]

The scary music at the beginning is completely out of place, suggesting that this is some sort of horror story being depicted rather than a medical case history.

[Rybot9000]

@QueenBoadicea Do you find it scary that your entire personality can be changed in an instant?

[QueenBoadicea]

@Rybot9000 I suppose so. But that's inherent in the subject; the music cheapens that message and belabors the point, making it seem like a tedious, schlocky horror movie. You expect to see blood oozing from the walls and see ghostly afterimages making faces at the camera. Other than that, the video is a fair treatment of its subject. If YouTube still used the 5-star system, I would give this a 3.

[PhotoShopChannel]

@Rybot9000 no, not if you had a spear through your brain. But a spear through your brain could be creepy.

[QueenBoadicea]

@Rybot9000 Yes. That's another reason you don't need the chilling music. But otherwise I rather liked this video.

[MusicIsMyLife1231]

@QueenBoadicea You don't find it scary to have a rod of iron shooting up into your cheek, behind your eye and through the top of your head? And this having this happen because an explosion happened right in front of you?

[QueenBoadicea]

@MusicIsMyLife1231 I thought I made myself perfectly clear in my original comments. But I'll reiterate--again--that the subject IS inherently scary. That's why you. DON'T NEED THE SILLY, SCARY MUSIC. (sighs) 3 out of 5 stars

[MusicIsMyLife1231]

@QueenBoadicea The scary music is there FOR EFFECT! Holy shit, chill out.

[lilshinyfcker]

Why is there so many negative comments on You Tube? Interesting, yes a bit monotone, but nothing to personally attack anyone about.

[BlackStalion116]

@lilshinyfcker

Isn't that the trend now? The proclivity of below average individuals to magnify the flaws of people around them.

Such a shame; they aren't even using it right

[unseenstrings]

I can see where the notion comes from of having an intellect that must reason and sometimes struggle against a "base, lower animal nature." But this is an illusion like the notion of free will is an illusion. The brain is not made up of sections competing against rational consciousness. Instead the brain is a single system that was designed by evolutionary processes; and it functions according to its genetic design and developmental state. Change the state and dysfunction occurs.

[patienceking]

Terrible reading. It's important to not read terribly when narrating, which is why I mention it.

[Marykriz]

so monotone, congratulations you made an interesting subject boring,

[chickadeea16]

Wow, I've read the websites this was copied from nearly word for word. Way to go. You may want to cite your sources to avoid any trouble. Also, Gage's skull and the tamping iron were donated to a museum by the family. He wasn't buried with them.

[Rybot9000]

Check your facts: "Harlow only learned of Gages death about 5 years after its

occurrence. He proceeded to ask Gages family to have.

the body exhumed so that the skull could be recovered

and kept as a medical record. The strange request was

granted, and Phineas Gage was once again the

protagonist of a grim event. As a result, the skull and the

tamping iron, alongside which Gage had been buried,

have been part of the Warren Anatomical Medical Museum

at Harvard University."

[Rybot9000]

Btw, I didn't copy it from any website, I copied it from Antonio Damasio's book Descartes' Error. Also see: The return of Phineas Gage: clues about the brain from the skull of a

famous patient.

by Hanna Damasio, Thomas Grabowski, Randall Frank, Albert M. Galaburda and

Antonio R. Damasio

[Rybot9000]

Also, I'm not earning a profit from this, and I've given credit to the author Antonio Damasio. I declined Youtube's request for profit sharing. My motive for creating this video is not popularity, fame or money. Its simply an educational piece I whipped up in 3 hours one night.

[manatyson]

@chickadeea16 Shit... Owned so bad that he wont even reply o-o

[hamstergirl591]

Lol, this guy's voice puts me to sleep :3 Our teacher showed it to us during class; that's why I wanted to find it, also because since the video stopped our teacher thought it was broken, so she just didn't show it, and I wanted to hear more.

[thedonnellan]

The man reading it sounds like a wanker. Meas Mór to Phineas though

[SuperFunny7]

i learned about this

[XSilverXShiningXNeko]

I LOVE phineas gage he is amazing and i love his story! good job

[LaurenChronicles]

U OF M, FTW!

[jw22223]

this guy should learn how to read

[BlackStalion116]

@jw22223

everyone makes mistakes. Those who throw stones are the most fragile

[hi4343434]

WOW who the fuck hired this piece of shit narrator?!?!?!??!

[Rybot9000]

I did, and I paid him nothing. ;)

[hi4343434]

ahah he should of paid YOU for putting up with his voice

[donchissy]

u need to shut up, the narrator speaks how he speaks, its not his fault that he doesn't speak like you, if at all you speak better

[GavinOFerrell]

its like the narrator has a 9th grade reading level. Monotoneeeeeeeeee.

[ximox10]

The narrator is teaching many people about Phineas Gage's story.

[frozenhell98]

im reading that book right now

[georgezz8]

what is the song name starting at 1:28?

[Rybot9000]

Its a loop I snagged from a sound file site. I can't remember which one or what its called though, sorry :(

[SkatingISfun100]

I watched this in social stuidies class today...because were reading that book.

[nancyzeetoo]

A daguerreotype of Phineas Gage holding his famous tamping iron has recently surfaced. He was quite a handsome fellow, in spite of his scars and damaged eye.

[42pixiedust]

yeah, i was looking for that. i read up about this, he kept his tamping iron close to him afterwards, no one could take it from him, so it makes sense that he's holding it in the picture.

[Mondafied]

Nice video but your voice is so boring and tiring.

Better voice+better sound quailty=awesome video.

[RenaTsyunamikito]

Phineas working for Phineas! I love it!

Excellent work on the research and assembly of the video! Keep up the great work!

[Yerzriknot]

Cases like Phineas Gage are proof that the soul does not exist. Your entire essence is contained within a blob of tissue and the slightest damage to the right area can change your entire personality. Truth isn't pretty is it?

[Mondafied]

Let me kill you to see if you actually have a soul.

[killaasasnipa]

to bad my name is Gage also right?

[LilacFreak13]

gr8 vid. no offence or NEthing but ur voice is reli borin. Can u not sound NE more interestin?

[alaingoldman]

nice video ... kinda right off wikipeida thou lmao

keep it up yo

[Rybot9000]

I actually took most of the information from Antonio Damsio's book "Descartes' Error". Perhaps wikipedia did as well. Antonio's wife Hanna Damasio was involved in the reconstruction and study of the remains of Phineas Gage. Admittedly there is some dispute over the actual personality changes.

I intended more or less to illustrate a fact about the brain using a classic case. There are many more cases of frontal lobe damage that altered personalities.

[baillar100]

Thanks a lot for this. Informative and well put together.

[wingnutracer111]

I'd be interested to hear more about the changes in personality

[Rybot9000]

Yea, unfortunately the case is a bit of a contentious issue and there is some disagreement over the actual personality changes Gage suffered.

[primehunterlol]

i still dont know hwo he lived

[Rybot9000]

A person could theoretically survive in a persistent vegitative state with only their brain stem. Children born with anencephally (no brain) and only a brain stem do survive for a few days in intensive care.

[primehunterlol]

most likly some people are stupid saying he wasnt a human bean but he was

[Adalia23]

I don't believe was any sort of bean...

[pls134]

Nice video, the sound didnt bother me great job!

[thecatherinek]

OMG voice SOOO annoying, drawling and droning. monotone. hard to listen to.

[Rybot9000]

I guess talking isn't one of my strong skills. Or really a skill of mine at all.

I see you've mastered the art...

[neostryke]

The music is distracting on the info, otherwise this is a good summary.

[jamesetimmer]

Also going to show it to my Psych class as well!

Thank you for this video.

[KatieStew2]

Great job! I'm going to show this to my Intro to Psych class...hope they like it.

[Rybot9000]

Awesome! Thanks Katie. I hope your class enjoys it as well.

[movblade]

Good video and info exept the sound sucks. You have to learn how to speak into a microphone without POPPING your P's.

[Rybot9000]

I know the sound quality was quite poor. Actually the most effective way is to use a "Popper Stopper" the piece of foam that comes with most mics. This one; a unidirectional condensor microphone is no longer being used. My newer videos have the problem resolved. Thanks for your comments.

[neostryke]

Awesome stuff. Thanks. its in my Psychology playlist.

[Rybot9000]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[Canteatpancakes]

I remember this guy from Descartes Error,

Cool video!

[Rybot9000]

Yea, Gage is a landmark case in Neurophisiology and Neuroethics. I wanted to deliver the segment on his personality changes better, but as it was I had to edit out a bunch of my stutters. I'll get better at it I'm sure.

[patternsinchaos]

Macabre - thought you didn't have editing software....?

[Rybot9000]

I didn't ;)

[patternsinchaos]

Good work!