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The Psychologist, September 2008

Phineas Gage – Unravelling the myth

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Phineas Gage – Unravelling the myth
03 September 2008
Malcolm Macmillan updates a familiar tale, 160 years after its inception.
- Brain
Neuroscience still haunted by Phineas Gage
23 May 2012
Although he died in 1860, Gage has lived on as one of psychology’s foundation myths – a classic example of frontal brain damage affecting personality.
- Brain
First ever photo of Phineas Gage is discovered
16 July 2009
The photograph shows Gage as a scarred, handsome, proud man, smartly dressed, with one eye closed, wielding the tamping iron that made him famous.
- Brain
What the textbooks don’t tell you about Phineas Gage
30 June 2015
Key details of psychology's most famous case study are missing or distorted in many introductory psychology textbooks
- Brain
- Education
News, October 2012
18 October 2012
fMRI-based lie detection; animal consciousness; media violence; modern-day Phineas Gage; and more.
- BPS updates
News and Media, August 2009
18 August 2009
Including the first (and only?) photo of Phineas Gage discovered; confabulatory hypermnesia; Recording tomorrow’s history; A weighty bias and much more.
- BPS updates
Glimpsed at last – the life of neuropsychology’s most important patient
24 January 2013
Monsieur Leborgne, nicknamed Tan Tan, for that was the only syllable he could utter (save for a swear word or two), died in the care of the neurologist Paul Broca in Paris on April 17, 1861.
- Brain
- Language and communication
We asked… What’s your favourite untold story from the history of Psychology?
07 March 2024
... and you responded.
- History and philosophy
Celebrating the Mind Changers
27 September 2019
We collect links to Claudia Hammond's radio series, and our related coverage.
- History and philosophy
Psychology’s 10 Greatest Case Studies – Digested
27 November 2015
These ten characters have all had a huge influence on psychology and their stories continue to intrigue each new generation of students.
- BPS updates
Doubts cast on the influential dual-stream theory of visual processing
10 February 2012
Psychologists in Germany have challenged one of the most influential theories in neuropsychology – the dual-stream model of visual processing proposed by Mel Goodale and David Milner.
- Brain
- Cognition and perception
- Perception
Looking back: Blasts from the past
11 August 2011
Jim Horne with what must surely be the goriest article in the history of The Psychologist…
- Brain
- History and philosophy