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Life and Times of Phineas Gage

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    Questions about brain science and the case of Phineas Gage
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  • True or False: "Phineas takes back his tamping iron and hits the road, traveling from city to city through New England and ending up at P. T. Barnum’s American Museum on Broadway in New York City"
    True!
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  • Vocabulary: What is an invalid?
    a person who is weakened due to illness
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  • Vocabulary: Phineas 'quarrels' with a farmer who had briefly employed him. What does that mean?
    argues
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  • True or False: Phineas's life after he left Boston is well documented and understood.
    False! It's not completely clear - some accounts of his life (Dr. Harlow, His Mother) are reliable than others (TV producer Alton Blackington)
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  • What part of the brain is responsible for your breathing and your heart beat?
    brain stem, baby!
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  • For funsies: What famous capital city in Andrew from?
    Sacramento
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  • What eventually killed Phineas Gage?
    Epileptic seizure
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  • Funsies: What instrument did Mr. Mitchell play in his band in college when he was once supposedly a cool guy?
    Bass, baby.
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