Geez, Chris, don't you read the Brazilian news? Actually, Stephen Black reported it in July. I couldn't find anything since then: [email protected] via<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1311182&ctx=mail> fsulist.frostburg.edu 7/9/12 to Teaching 6:48 PM (4 minutes ago) Amazingly, so far it appears he has escaped without the still-controversial changes in personality and behaviour which allegedly afflicted poor Phineas. But it may be too soon to say.
In particular, check out the remarkable CT scan for Mr. Lopez (which Phineas never got for suffering his injury a century-and-a-half too early). http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/19/spear_through_head/ For comparison, what Phineas received is illustrated here: http://snipurl.com/248uo1z The news article is also notable for two bits of advice to which we should pay attention. If you have to have a spear go through your head, this is the way to do it. And for God's sake, don't try to pull it out yourself. Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:48 PM, Christopher Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Jan 14, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Jim Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know whether psychological reports were done on the Brazilian > worker who had an iron bar go through his frontal lobe (it appears from > pictures) in almost the same manner as Phineas Gage, although the bar fell > from above rather than being driven through by explosion? > > > > > When who where? > Chris > ....... > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 > > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=32731 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-32731-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32732 or send a blank email to leave-32732-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
