Phineas Gage

What happened to Phineas Gage on Sept. 13, 1848?

• He blew up the railroad.
• He took a train to Vermont.
• He had an accident that injured his brain.
• He caused an accident that injured a coworker.

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What is the item that went through Phineas's brain and skull?

• crowbar
• iron arrow

• tamping iron
• tamping bar

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Phineas's wound got infected due to being an open brain injury.

• True
• False

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After his accident, Phineas has trouble _____________________

• Eating and walking
• Relating to other people
• Getting along with horses
• Getting dressed

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The Localizers believed _______________

• the brain acts as a single unit
• the brain has "organs" that control individual functions 
• the brain is made of cheese
• the brain is controlled by humors

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The Whole Brainers believed __________________

• the brain is made up of "organs"
• the brain is controlled by humors
• the brain acts as one unit or "cloud"
• the brain is made of sandwiches

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What did a tamping iron look like?

• The tamping rod looked like a baseball bat.

• The tamping iron looked like an iron spear, dull on one end and sharp on the other.

• The tamping rod looked like a crowbar.

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What causes the tamping iron to fly up at Phineas?

• Someone knocks it out of his hand and into the gunpowder.

• Somehow the sand was not placed into the blasting hole.

• His assistant was angry and threw it at him.

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What could Phineas still do immediately after the accident?

• He can speak.

• He can write.

• He can climb stairs.

• All of the above.

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What did Carl Wernicke discover?

• That bumps on the head control your personality.

• an area in the brain that controlled walking.

• an area in the brain that controls the ability to understand speech.

• the brain controls everything

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