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Phineas Gage Crocheted Skull
Proof that somebody, somewhere, is crocheting that. Yep, even that. Here’s the story of Phineas Gage if you don’t know it:
Phineas was a railroad worker in the 1800’s. One day an accident drove a large iron rod through his skull. He did not die.
The rod destroyed much of his frontal lobe.
After the accident he displayed a (debatable) level of behavioral change, becoming one of the first pieces of proof between emotion and neural anatomy.
(via DeweyDecimalCrafts on Etsy)
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Phineas Gage Crocheted Skull

Proof that somebody, somewhere, is crocheting that. Yep, even that. Here’s the story of Phineas Gage if you don’t know it:

  1. Phineas was a railroad worker in the 1800’s. One day an accident drove a large iron rod through his skull. He did not die.
  2. The rod destroyed much of his frontal lobe.
  3. After the accident he displayed a (debatable) level of behavioral change, becoming one of the first pieces of proof between emotion and neural anatomy.

(via DeweyDecimalCrafts on Etsy)

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    lol this is a completely inaccurate picture (the tamping iron actually went in though his left cheek and came out at the...
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    hahaha this is great! definitely was talking about phineas gage in philosophy a few weeks ago. i wish i was...
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    This is inexplicably cute. :D
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