Mastodawn

I'm at #Harvard for #BSPA2026 sharing new #bioethics results about identity, #law, and #medicine. I'll post more from BSPA on Bluesky.

Our poster: Intuitions about a real #neurology case implied #PhineasGage effects may be more about point-of-view and physicality than morality.

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Jun 7

I'm at #Harvard for #BSPA2026 sharing new #bioethics results about identity, #law, and #medicine. I'll post more from BSPA on Bluesky.

Our poster: Intuitions about a real #neurology case implied #PhineasGage effects may be more about point-of-view and physicality than morality.

Doktor Overcomma

Jul 3, 2025

As it turns out, having an iron rod propelled through your head may not turn out the way we've been led to anticipate.
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-myth-of-phineas-gage-affects-brain-injury-survivors
#neurology #PhineasGage

How the ‘myth of Phineas Gage’ affects brain injury survivors | Aeon Essays

The misunderstood story of Phineas Gage shows that we need a new way of understanding the experiences of brain injury survivors

Aeon

guyjantic has moved!Apr 9, 2024

Phineas learned his lesson about #safety procedures and equipment
#eclipse #skull #PhineasGage #psychology #history

PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦Feb 3, 2023

How a grisly historical accident set one #neuroscientist on the road to writing a book: A psychology class about #PhineasGage’s behaviour change after a metal rod speared his brain in 1848.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00291-y
"Chantal Pratt quote: 'I thought it was important to give people concrete data about the ways that different brains understand the world because it might help us connect with and understand others who work differently.'"

How a grisly historical accident set one neuroscientist on the road to writing a book

A psychology class about railway engineer Phineas Gage’s behaviour change after a metal rod speared his brain in 1848 led Chantel Prat, author of The Neuroscience of You, switching disciplines.