Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient
This from Slate — now here are a couple of premises for a counter-factual story: If nothing else, Macmillan says, “Phineas’s story is worth remembering because it illustrates how easily a small stock of facts can be transformed into popular and scientific myth.” Indeed, the myth-making continues today. “Several people have approached me with a…
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