Getting into the Brain

The upper left section is titled, Finding Personality in the Brain, and shows a portrait, illustration and text about the injury of railroad worker Phineas Gage, who had an iron rod pass through his skill in an accident, and the subsequent treatment. The portrait caption reads, Phineas Gage holding the iron bar that injured him. An illustration below shows a skull with an iron bar entering the head and exiting the left cheek.

The upper right graphic is labeled, Getting TO the Brain, and shows an illustration of an head with layers peeled back to show the internal structure. The various layers peeled are, Scalp, Skull, Meninges, and Cortex. The lower left graphic is labeled, Lobes of the Brain, and shows the side of the brain. The graphic shows the lobe regions including: Frontal lobe, Parietal lobe, Occipital lobe, and Temporal lobe.

The lower right graphic is labeled Specialized Areas of the Brain, and shows the four regions identified as Wernicke’s area, Broca’s area, Somatosensory cortex, and Motor cortex.