A terrible accident left construction worker Phineas Gage with serious brain damage. Amazingly, he recovered – forever changing our understanding of the human brain.
Made by BBC Ideas in partnership with the Royal Society., external
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Watch My Brain: After the Rupture on BBC iPlayer (UK)
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Listen to All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4
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Watch Secrets of the Brain on BBC iPlayer (UK)
Animation by Sheetal Thankey, narrated by Claudia Hammond
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