Frontal Lobe Disorders

What this episode covers

A darkly fascinating dive into what happens when the brain’s “control center” goes off-script. In this episode, we explore frontal lobe disorders through some of the strangest and most unsettling cases in neuroscience—from Phineas Gage and his personality-altering injury, to bizarre clinical stories where damage to the brain reshapes behavior, impulse, and identity in unexpected ways. These are the cases where people don’t just change—they become someone else, revealing how fragile the line is between who we are and what our brains allow us to be.

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