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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Peter Attia MD
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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Tom Bilyeu
A real person whose accident, where a rod shot through his brain and altered his personality, is used as an argument against free will, suggesting behavior is determined by biology and physics.