The Phineas Gage Paper
The Phineas Gage Paper
Tiffany B
According to The Soy Story, cognitive function is “the mental processes by which knowledge is acquired, these processes include perception, reasoning, acts of creativity, problem solving, and possible intuition” (Glossary, Para.). As everyone knows, the brain is also connected to processing perception, reasoning, creativity, problem solving, and intuition. So by knowing these two facts, you can come to the conclusion that the brain plays a very large role in cognitive functions.
The brain is an amazing structure that not only keeps the body’s many processes regulated, but it is also designed to multi-task and also coordinate all of the cognitive functions that separates …show more content…
The cerebral cortex, which takes up majority of the brain’s mass, is made up of four sections, or lobes. These four sections are: the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, and the occipital lobe. All of these lobes are in charge of their own set of tasks and functions (Jeanty, 2009).
The frontal lobe is in charge of planning, problem solving, personality organizing, selective attention, and a variety of other “higher cognitive functions” (Johnson Jr., 2009). The temporal lobe consists of two sections, one on each side of the brain. The temporal love controls a person’s ability to tell different smells and also different sounds and they also are involved with sorting new information. The right temporal lobe is involved with the visual memory and the left temporal lobe is involved with the verbal …show more content…
However, the accident to Mr. Phineas Gage on September 13, 1948, did shine some light on the cognitive functions and the brain. On September 13, 1948 Mr. Gage was working as a railroad worker and due to a large accidental explosion a railroad iron entered Gage’s frontal-left side of his skull (Deakin University, 2006). According to this injury, Mr. Gage should have died instantly, however even though he had an iron through his skull he appeared to be functioning normally. This is what made this day a day to remember throughout the medical
Tiffany B
According to The Soy Story, cognitive function is “the mental processes by which knowledge is acquired, these processes include perception, reasoning, acts of creativity, problem solving, and possible intuition” (Glossary, Para.). As everyone knows, the brain is also connected to processing perception, reasoning, creativity, problem solving, and intuition. So by knowing these two facts, you can come to the conclusion that the brain plays a very large role in cognitive functions.
The brain is an amazing structure that not only keeps the body’s many processes regulated, but it is also designed to multi-task and also coordinate all of the cognitive functions that separates …show more content…
The cerebral cortex, which takes up majority of the brain’s mass, is made up of four sections, or lobes. These four sections are: the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, and the occipital lobe. All of these lobes are in charge of their own set of tasks and functions (Jeanty, 2009).
The frontal lobe is in charge of planning, problem solving, personality organizing, selective attention, and a variety of other “higher cognitive functions” (Johnson Jr., 2009). The temporal lobe consists of two sections, one on each side of the brain. The temporal love controls a person’s ability to tell different smells and also different sounds and they also are involved with sorting new information. The right temporal lobe is involved with the visual memory and the left temporal lobe is involved with the verbal …show more content…
However, the accident to Mr. Phineas Gage on September 13, 1948, did shine some light on the cognitive functions and the brain. On September 13, 1948 Mr. Gage was working as a railroad worker and due to a large accidental explosion a railroad iron entered Gage’s frontal-left side of his skull (Deakin University, 2006). According to this injury, Mr. Gage should have died instantly, however even though he had an iron through his skull he appeared to be functioning normally. This is what made this day a day to remember throughout the medical