Summary: This production highlights three turning points in brain science: 1848 Phineas Gage, survives a construction accident that drives a tamping iron through his skull; 1953 Patient "H.M." undergoes surgery to relieve epilepsy with most unexpected results; 1982 Young drug addicts display mysterious symptoms: those of advanced Parkinson's disease. Continuing research continues to advance cutting-edge studies in frontal lobe damage, memory and Parkinson's disease.
