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What was exaggerated about Phineas Gage's mental changes?
Malcolm Macmillan's analysis of scientific and popular accounts of Phineas Gage found that they almost always distort and exaggerate his behavioral changes.
Who was Malcolm Macmillan relative to Phineas Gage?

Question: In what other ways was the mental change exaggerated?
Self-contained rewrite: In what other ways was Phineas Gage's mental change exaggerated?