Phineas Gage

Short video on the life of Phineas P. Gage.

DISCLAIMER: Portions of the narrative are adapted from Antonio R. Damasio's book Descartes' Error. I do not own copyright of any of the content of this video. This video is intended for educational value only and is not intended as entertainment.

I receive no compensation whatever for the production of this view, save being constantly told my voice is boring and monotone. It is great that this video has received as many views and has made appearances in Psych classes, but keep in mind that I am not a formal psychology student. This is not a career of mine, its simply a hobby, no heart-shattering narrative, no stupendous cinematics.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• phineas
• gage
• railroad
• worker
• tamping
• iron
• cavendish
• vermont
• profrontal
• brain

[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?

[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.

[jw22223]

this guy should learn how to read

[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

[MusicIsMyLife1231]

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

[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

[mystiffone1]

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

[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?

[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