Question

Perhaps one of the most famous cases of brain trauma and subsuquent brain trauma research was that of a man

named Phineas Gage. Gage was a railroad worker in the 19th century. One day he accidentally set off an explosive that
sent a metal rod through his skull. The picture above shows the rod's entrance through his left cheek bone and exiting
through his anterior frontal lobe of the brain.
Gage survived his accident but family, friends and co-workers noted he was a different man afterwards. What aspect of
Gage's life did the damage to the frontal lobe of his brain affect?
A)
his speech
B)
his vision
his personality
D)
his visual motor coordination

Answer 1

his personality

Step-by-step explanation:

Aspects of his personality were greatly affected. Before the accident, he was highly regarded as a devoted, caring, hard-working man. Afterwards, he was vulgar, nasty and irresponsible. His former employer refused to hire him after the accident due to the drastic change in his personality.

The frontal lobe is responsible for aspects of the human personality, along with decision making/reasoning, emotion, and memory formation.