10th grade Psychology: Phineas Gage

Phineas gage is human being that could survive a severe problem. When he was stuck by one of his mining instruments. He was struck on his frontal lobe. The incredible thing is that this guy called Phineas Gage survived and he was also conscience, not just breathing but walking around with the tube stuck in his lobe. He was obstructing this rock so that the metal would shoot up. He was interested on what would happen. He started having personality disorders. He was not thinking straight, that’s because he was hit on the frontal lobe. He tried to get back on his job but people considered him way to altered for the job. In the psychology class we learned that an altered frontal lobe that a person can become more violent.Phineas gage is a true story of survival. We can learn that indeed it is very strong and probably won’t damage you on your physical survival as in your emotional survival, if you are struck like that on your frontal lobe. This also teaches scientists that a side does a different job, from the other sides. The term of localization of brain is that different parts of your brain carry out different objectives. Lateralization of the brain is about how one side of the brain can carry out a whole subject while the other side can carry the other subject. One side demonstrates art appraisal and appreciation, the other side helps you with your speech, this inside also helps you more with your visualization skills.