Question

In a classic medical case study, it was written that phineas gage became emotionally labile and unable to restrain his impulsive behaviors after a severe head injury. While this account appears to have been vastly overstated, because of this story, these functions were associated with damage to which part of the brain?.

Answer 1

The pre-frontal cortex - frontal lobe.

The prefrontal cortex is the central structure in executing these impulse control functions