The case study of Phineas Gage’s brain injury was significant for which of the following reasons?
1
The case of Phineas Gage demonstrated that brain injury primarily affects physical abilities, not mood or emotion.
2
It was one of the first well-documented examples of a specific brain area being associated with a set of physical and emotional changes.
3
Gage’s accident was one of the first to be treated with drugs that alter the neurotransmitters in the brain.
4
This accident provided psychiatrists with one of the first opportunities to treat a brain damaged patient with psychotherapeutic techniques.