studies

• what happened to phineas gage?


  used an iron rod to pack sand onto explosive which went off, firing the rod into his head
• how old was phineas gage when was struck and when he died?


  25 and 36
• what part of gages brain was damaged?

  frontal lobe
• who was gage kept away from and why?

  children and women due to swearing and vulgarity
• what did the injury do to gages personality?


  changed it so he was more irritable, temper-mental, rude, profane, got into conflicts and showed up late to his job often so was fired
• what year was phineas struck with the rod?

  1848
• how was gages personality prior to the injury?


  hardworking, admirable
• how did damage to the frontal lobe affect gage?


  altered his behaviour and emotional regulation
• what did the psychopaths brain scans show?

  damage to occipital and orbital frontal lobe, so appeared black on PET scans (no activity)
• what did no activity in the occipital and orbital frontal lobes meant for the psychopaths?


  driven to extreme behaviour to feed urges as the lobes are critical to control impulsivity/emotions
• what is the brain activity of psychopaths called?


  psychopathic pattern
• who conducted the psychopath brain scan experiment?

  james fallon
• what did damage to the lobes cause in psychopaths?


  personality changes - fear, empathy, socially acceptable behaviour

  decision making - lack of consideration of consequences
• who were the participants in james fallons brain scan experiment?

  a mix of normal people and psychopaths - he didn’t know which was which
• what did james fallon discover about his own brain scan?


  he had the same brain activity as a psychopath but didn’t kill