Intro: Have you ever wondered how the brain works and what parts of the brain do certain things? In the text, “Horrible Accidents in Vermont and The Right Sort of Risks (part 1). Phineas Gage is a railroad worker who was injured while on his job. Something called an iron rod that went through his cheekbone and then went through his hairline. This person is very important because he made scientists conclude that the brain is separated into different parts of the brain. Each part does its part. The thing that is interesting to me about this person is that after his injury he started acting like a child. The part that was damaged was the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe controls your movement, speech, and personality. His personality changed, making
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Which also an adolescent would do, which is not a very smart move when it comes to decisions. The limbic system tries to keep encouraging the prefrontal cortex to do these things, but the prefrontal cortex is too mature. Here is a fragment of evidence that proves my claim of how Phineas' brain is, “In our time, Phineas Gage is a textbook case. Students of neurology or psychology study his case because it illustrates how the lobes of the frontal cortex—the two halves of your brain that meet in your forehead—are the seat of “executive functions.” Those are your abilities to predict, decide, and interact socially.___” (Paragraph 1). This shows that his brain is damaged because of his injury. His injury caused him to make decisions that an adolescent would make. Now I am going to give another piece of evidence that proves that Phineas is somewhat of an adolescent, “Smoking, binge-drinking, experimenting with drugs, unsafe sexuality, dangerous driving—all are more common in adolescents than in adults. Society stereotypes adolescents, particularly adolescent boys, as reckless risk-takers. But is it as simple as this? Do all adolescents take risks? In some contexts, adolescents avoid risk-taking.” (Paragraph 1). This shows that adolescents do not have the smarts yet to know when risks come into play, when you take drugs, that is a risk. When you drive with alcohol, that is a
Which also an adolescent would do, which is not a very smart move when it comes to decisions. The limbic system tries to keep encouraging the prefrontal cortex to do these things, but the prefrontal cortex is too mature. Here is a fragment of evidence that proves my claim of how Phineas' brain is, “In our time, Phineas Gage is a textbook case. Students of neurology or psychology study his case because it illustrates how the lobes of the frontal cortex—the two halves of your brain that meet in your forehead—are the seat of “executive functions.” Those are your abilities to predict, decide, and interact socially.___” (Paragraph 1). This shows that his brain is damaged because of his injury. His injury caused him to make decisions that an adolescent would make. Now I am going to give another piece of evidence that proves that Phineas is somewhat of an adolescent, “Smoking, binge-drinking, experimenting with drugs, unsafe sexuality, dangerous driving—all are more common in adolescents than in adults. Society stereotypes adolescents, particularly adolescent boys, as reckless risk-takers. But is it as simple as this? Do all adolescents take risks? In some contexts, adolescents avoid risk-taking.” (Paragraph 1). This shows that adolescents do not have the smarts yet to know when risks come into play, when you take drugs, that is a risk. When you drive with alcohol, that is a