Gail BuckleyThe Case of Solomon ShereshevskySolomon Veniaminovich Shereshevsky was born in the Russian village of Torzhok in 1896. At his father’s urging, Shereshevsky briefly...
Gail BuckleyThe Case of Phineas GageAt 4:30 p.m. on September 13, 1848, a premature blast at a railroad construction site in Cavendish, Vermont propelled a 43-inch long,...
Gail BuckleyThe Case of Louis Victor Leborgne (“Tan”)Louis Victor Leborgne, born on July 21, 1809, was one of six children in a middle-class family. Leborgne suffered from epileptic attacks...
Gail BuckleyThe Case of JP - Effects of Frontal Lobe Damage on PersonalityJP was born in December of 1912, the 11.5-pound product of a normal pregnancy and gestation, followed by a 22-hour labor and a difficult...
Gail BuckleyThe Case of HM (Henry Gustav Molaison)HM, a high school graduate who worked as a motor winder, was hit by a bicycle as a child, sustaining a 5-minute loss of consciousness. At...
Gail BuckleyThe Case of Auguste DeterIn 1901, Auguste Deter, a 51-year-old woman, was admitted to the Asylum for the Insane and Epileptic in Frankfurt am Main. She had been...
