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Imagine a metal rod blasting through your skull… and you live!
Phineas Gage. The man whose brain was pierced by a three-foot iron rod… and he just stood up.
September 13, 1848. A mistake while setting explosives… and a six-kilogram rod shoots straight through his skull!
Well… that was unexpected.
Pulse? Normal. Consciousness? Fully awake. Pain? Well… he never said.
He survived but after the incident, a hardworking, responsible man… became impulsive, aggressive, and reckless.
His skull and the iron rod are still on display at Harvard today. His case changed neuroscience forever.
How much does your brain shape who you are? Phineas Gage gave us the first clue, because
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