TIL 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 considerably (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] scytale@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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?

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I think he had an IQ that was below average, but other than that I believe he was normal.

And cerebral spinal fluid.

[-] amio@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

CSF is cerebrospinal fluid, liquid in and around your brain/spine.

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