In article <3dl8p3$l7q at newsbf02.news.aol.com>, RVAllen <rvallen at aol.com> wrote:
>I am writing a paper for school on the phenomenon of Phineas Gage and I
>was wondering if anyone knows exactly WHERE the brain damage occurred and
>what areas were responsible for his behavioral deficits. What is the area
>in a human brain that corresponds to area 46 of a monkey? I have found a
>few articles attributing similar deficits in monkeys to lesions of the
>principle sulcus and area 46, but I am having trouble associating these
>areas with Gage's brain. Thank you so much for your help!
I don't know about area 46, but there are two references you want, and both
are fairly recent:
Damasio, Grabowksi, Frank, Galaburda, & Damasio (1994)
The return of Phineas Gage: clues about the brain from the skull
of a famous patient.
Science, 264, 1102-1105
Damasio, A. (1994)
Descartes' Error: emotion, reason and the human brain.
New Yrok: Grosset/Putnam.
Hope this helps...
david
