Phineas Gage

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A historical case study in neuroscience of a railroad worker who survived a tamping iron destroying his orbital frontal prefrontal cortex, leading to a loss of ability to adjust behavior according to context.

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A historical case study in neuroscience of a railroad worker who survived a tamping iron destroying his orbital frontal prefrontal cortex, leading to a loss of ability to adjust behavior according to context.