A surgeon Percival Pott

A surgeon Percival Pott found that “lesions beneath the frontal bone have less severe consequences than those located in any other part of the brain” (Garcia-Molina, 2012). What do you think the most impacted brain structure would be if this iron bar would have pierced in a different location?

Reference:

García-Molina, A. (2012). Phineas Gage and the enigma of the prefrontal cortex. Neurología (English Edition), 27(6), 370-375. ISSN 2173-5808. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nrleng.2010.03.002.