Lucy+the+functions+of+the+brain+notes

__**Phineas gage**__: Three foot long, 14 pound iron rod went through his head Through his checks and out his head it went in the air and fell about 100 feet behind him Has a regular heart beat his pupils were responding to light in the same way Free from pain the rod was pushed through his head with a force of a cannon he was still living ans breathing still able to talk and his eyes were open personality changes: no one could trust him became stubborn, impatient, cussed and was fitful took many jobs 11 years later: began to experience seizors - then it died. the rod passed through his cortex we were able to tell that this affects behaviors



1946 a new era in the treatment of mental illness in this country first-ever trans orbital or ice pick lobotomy Freeman believed that by doing this it would cut away the feelings in the brain preformed 2,500 of these and in 23 states before it died for mental illness it was suppose to change the personality for the better. patients usually have no memory of this operation It is not illegal
 * __Lobotomy__**:



Remove the part of the brain that has the seizors It has helped studies of the brain because we know that we can survive with out parts of the brain seems to work because some patients has stop having seizors
 * __Epilepsy__**