Dara O Briain - Crowd Tickler - Phineas Gage

Dara on the story improbable survival of Phineas Gage, after an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head.

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The doctors didn't 'manage to remove it'. The spike saw to that itself

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Every time I do biopsychology revision on localised brain function, this lives in my head rent free...

[@jody024]

The thing is though that brain damage can change people's personalities drastically.

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