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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?
In what other ways was Phineas Gage's mental change exaggerated?
For example, John Martyn Harlow's statement that Phineas Gage continued to work in various places; could not do much refers only to Gage's final months, after convulsions had set in.
What are some of the mental changes stated for Phineas Gage?
According to John Martyn Harlow, the equilibrium or balance, so to speak, between [Phineas Gage's] intel­lec­tu­al faculties and animal pro­pen­si­ties, seems to have been destroyed.“
In what ways did Phineas Gage behave differently than before his accident?
John Martyn Harlow wrote: [Phineas Gage] is fitful, irreverent, indulging at times in the grossest profanity (which was not pre­vi­ous­ly his custom)...“

Question: Was he able to live a normal life?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Phineas Gage able to live a normal life after his accident?