Phineas Gage: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
Details on Phineas Gage and the accident he survived are provided by John Fleischman, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science (2002); and Malcolm Macmillan, An Odd Kind of Fame: Stories of Phineas Gage (2000).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Verywell Mind - Phineas Gage: His Accident and Impact on Psychology. | Oct 12, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: McGill University - Phineas Gage, Neuroscience and Count Dracula. | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sci LibreTexts - The Case of Phineas Gage- Connecting Brain to Behavior. | Jun 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Why Brain Scientists are Still Obsessed with the Curious Case of Phineas Gage. | May 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Phineas Gage: The man with a hole in his head. | Mar 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science History Institute - Everything You Know About Phineas Gage is Wrong. | Feb 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Simply Psychology - Phineas Gage: His Accident and Impact on Psychology. | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | May 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Neuroscience Education Begins With Good Science: Communication About Phineas Gage (1823�1860), One of Neurology�s Most-Famous Patients, in Scientific Articles. | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Phineas Gage's great legacy. | Dec 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - Phineas Gage: His Accident and Impact on Psychology. | Oct 10, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | May 08, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Beyond the Damaged Brain. | Dec 08, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Akron - The Phineas Gage information page. | Dec 08, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The British Psychological Society - Phineas Gage � Unravelling the myth. | Dec 07, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Phineas Gage and the Effect of an Iron Bar Through the Head on Personality. | Dec 07, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian.com - Phineas Gage: Neuroscience's Most Famous Patient. | Dec 07, 2015 | ||
| New article added. | Aug 28, 2013 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Aug 28, 2013 |
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