Case Studies

  1. Phineas Gage
    BRAIN AREA: Cerebral Cortex – Frontal Lobe – Prefrontal Cortex
    (see Image 1)
  2. Einstein's brain
    BRAIN AREA: Cerebral Cortex – Parietal Lobe – Visual information, ethics
    (see Image 1)
  3. The Invisible Gorilla
    BRAIN AREA: Cerebral Cortex – Occipital Lobe – Vision
    (see Image 1)
  4. Klüver-Bucy syndrome
    BRAIN AREA: Temporal Lobe – Limbic System – Amygdala – Emotions
    (see Image 5)
  5. The Texas Tower Sniper
    BRAIN AREA: Temporal Lobe – Limbic System – Amygdala – Emotions
    (see Image 5)
  6. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
    BRAIN AREA: Cerebrum – Basal Ganglia – Subthalamic Nucleus
    (see Image 6)
  7. Henry Molaison's memory
    BRAIN AREA: Medial Temporal Lobe – Limbic System – Hippocampus – Memory, spatial learning
    (see Image 7)
  8. Substantia nigra: Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and dopamine
    BRAIN AREA: Midbrain – Basal Ganglia – Substantia Nigra – Movement, learning and memory, aspects of behaviour
    (see Image 10)