https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage Is the seminal example of the brain's adaptability. A more recent exa

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage Is the seminal example of the brain's adaptability. A more recent example is a teen in the US who was accidentally shot in the head with a spear gun used for fishing. He was awake and talking with his doctors while they initially triaged him- apparently, getting over the abject, visceral reaction of seeing someone with feet of spear sticking out either side of their head was the first difficulty the doctors faced.