Your Brain on Loneliness
<p>The year was 1848. The place was a railway construction site in Vermont. The man was <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phineas-Gage" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Phineas Gage</a>.</p>
<p>What happened next would forever change our understanding of the human brain. Immediately after the explosion, Gage acted like the clean-cut hole in his skull was just a scratch. He walked toward the nearest cart, drove into town, and saw a doctor. And as if this wasn’t enough, he joked about his injury.</p>
<p>“Here,” Gage told the doctor, “is enough business for you,”</p>
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