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. Barnumโs American Museum on Broadway in New York City"
True!
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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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What specific part of Phineas' brain was damaged, based on his phycological symptoms?
The frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex
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The Cortex: Describe the functions of the occipital lobe!
It helps you understand and react to what you are seeing
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Vocabulary: What is an invalid?
a person who is weakened due to illness
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If the parietal lobe was damaged, a person might not be able to ____________
Make sense of physical touch or feel pain. This could be dangerous!
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True or False: "if you have a strong organ, it will be big and project from your skull as a bump. If you have a weak organ, it will be small and youโll have a dip or depression in your skull"
False
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shark
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Describe the functions of the frontal lobe!
Some of the most important functions that your body performsโspeech formation, movement, reasoning, personality traits, and decision making
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shark
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True or false: The 10 billion neurons in your brain are connected at random
False!
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For funsies: What famous capital city in Andrew from?
Sacramento
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Both whole-brainers and phrenologists thought they could have used Phineas's case to support their views. What evidence could each have used to support their arguments about the brain?
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Funsies: What instrument did Mr. Mitchell play in his band in college when he was once supposedly a cool guy?