Here's an interesting follow-up: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190864/Yasser-Lopez-Teens-skull-brain-pierced-fishing-spear--survived.html
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Beth Benoit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 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=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=32732 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-32732-13105.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=32733 or send a blank email to leave-32733-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
