Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
Abstract
On September 13, 1848, an explosives charge sent a three-foot tamping iron about an inch in diameter through the head of Phineas Gage. Although Gage survived, the tamping iron, which entered just under the left eye and exited through the frontal portion of his head, destroyed his prefrontal cortex. Prior to the accident, Gage was a popular foreman of a railroad construction crew. After the accident, he was a tactless, profane, and impulsive man with a dramatically altered personality.
Disciplines
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Elder Law | Health Law and Policy | Law | Law and Economics | Law and Race | Psychiatry and Psychology
Recommended Citation
Daniel Weitz,
The Brains Behind Mediation: Reflections on Neuroscience, Conflict Resolution and Decision-Making,
12
Cardozo J. Conflict Resol.
471
(2011).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjcr/vol12/iss2/8
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