Matching Pairs V LEVEL UNIT 6 BRAIN Lesson 2 BOnline version REINFORCE THE WAY OF ANSWERING GIVEN QUESTIONS by Martha Uribe 1 Do you believe that his personality permanently changed? Why / Why not? 2 What treatment did the doctor provide Phineas? How would his injury be treated nowadays? 3 What did science learn about the human brain as a result of this case? 4 What happened immediately after the accident? How did Phineas react? 5 How did Phineas’ later life cast doubt on some of the stories about his ‘new’ personality? 6 What were the physical effects, both short-term and long-term, of his injury? His wound was cleaned and bandaged. Nowadays he would likely undergo major surgery. that certain parts of our brain control part of our personality and people can survive after a major accident. After few minutes, Phineas was able to talk and walk. He was sent back to town in a cart. the stability of his life and job does not match with the lack of impulse control shown in many of his stories. Short term he lost his sight and had partial paralysis. Long term he died from seizures due to the accident. All the evidence indicate that it would have happened that way.
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