Why is Phineas Gage a significant person in the history of behavioral neuroscience?
A. The results of his accident suggested the role of the frontal lobes in emotions and personality.
B. His life history contributed to Freud's ideas about the nature of personality development.
C. Changes in his personality after a head trauma proved that the hindbrain and not the heart was responsible for feeling and thinking.
D. His fall from a horse eventually led to the development of the electroencephalograph.
A. The results of his accident suggested the role of the frontal lobes in emotions and personality.
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