Phineas Gage Paper

Student's Name

PSY 360

Date , 20

Dr. Dametrius Byno

This paper will discuss the various roles within cognitive functions of the brain, as well as explaining how Phineas Gage's accident supports how the brain has contributed to cognitive functions and on-going research to this day. When evaluating a patient's cognitive functions, it is often defined as a logical or intellectual process in terms of a person's attentiveness, comprehension, orientation, or perceived ideas (CNBC, 2009).

Human cognition and one's abilities attempt to illustrate what happens in leading developments and within a person's mature state of mind. These same functions are also described in terms of the psycho-social feature with respect to their over-all involvement. However,...