garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 months agoTIL that in 1848 a railroad worker survived an accident where an iron bar pierced through his head, destroying most of his left frontal lobe. However, his personality and behavior changed considerablyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down16 cross-posted to: longreads@sh.itjust.workscreepywikipedia@lemmy.world
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1848 a railroad worker survived an accident where an iron bar pierced through his head, destroying most of his left frontal lobe. However, his personality and behavior changed considerablyen.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 7 months agomessage-square26fedilink cross-posted to: longreads@sh.itjust.workscreepywikipedia@lemmy.world
minus-squareedriclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 months ago Born with 90% of your brain missing? Might not even know until you have an unrelated MRI as an adult (true story, guy only had a shell of a brain filled with CSF). Did he otherwise have a normal life and behaved normally? Also, what’s CSF?
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoI think he had an IQ that was below average, but other than that I believe he was normal. And cerebral spinal fluid.
minus-squareamio@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoCSF is cerebrospinal fluid, liquid in and around your brain/spine.
Did he otherwise have a normal life and behaved normally? Also, what’s CSF?
I think he had an IQ that was below average, but other than that I believe he was normal.
And cerebral spinal fluid.
CSF is cerebrospinal fluid, liquid in and around your brain/spine.