案例
The case of Phineas Gage 蓋奇案例One afternoon in September 1848, a tragedy happed to Gage. A huge metal rod had gone through the front part of Gage’s brain, but his language abilities were unaffected.
The point of this amazing case is that, if our language ability is located in the brain, it is clear that it is not situated right at the front.
1848年9月的一個下午,有一名叫菲尼亞斯.蓋奇的美國人身上發生了一場悲劇。一根大鐵桿穿過了蓋奇的大腦的前部,但他的語言能力卻未受影響。這一令人驚異的案例的意義在於,如果我們的語言能力位於大腦中,很顯然不在大腦的前部。