Stroke
Clinical neuropsychologist Dr Lynn A Schaefer provides NR Times readers with an in-depth summary of post-brain injury and stroke behavioural changes.
When I speak to groups about the neuropsychiatric sequelae of brain injury, I always start with the story of Phineas Gage. In the field of neurorehabilitation, the tale of Phineas Gage is both compelling and memorable. Phineas Gage was a railroad foreman, blasting rock to lay track in the 19th century in Vermont, US. As the story goes, the tamping rod he was using to pack dynamite into the rock was blown through his left cheek when the dynamite exploded prematurely. The rod took out his left eye and exited through the top of his skull. Gage miraculously survived but thereafter was reportedly “no longer Gage.” His behaviour and personality were profoundly changed, although he was able to walk and his memory was unaffected. Read this article in full for an in-depth summary of the wide range of post-brain injury and stroke behavioural changes.
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