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An odd kind of fame : stories of Phineas Gage  Cover Image Book Book

An odd kind of fame : stories of Phineas Gage / Malcolm Macmillan.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0262632594 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780262632591 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 562 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st MIT press pbk. ed.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Bradford book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-543) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Background to fame -- Early receptions: popular and medical -- The implications of Harlow's treatment -- The wonderful journey -- The damage to Gage's psyche -- Localization: the background -- Localization: the beginnings -- Localization in the brain -- Gage and surgery for the brain -- Gage and surgery for the psyche -- Gage, inhibition, and thought -- The popular stories -- The scientific stories -- The hidden portrait -- A realistic conclusion.
Subject: Gage, Phineas > Health.
Brain damage > Patients > United States > Biography.
Split brain > History.
Psychosurgery > History.
Brain > Localization of functions > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library RC 387.5 .G34 M33 2002 30536101 General Collection Available -

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