In most text books, which were written more than 10 years ago, an individual’s personality was considered a relatively enduring characteristic immune to change. Contrary to such evidence, research these days tends to suggest personality has an ability to transform over time. Through this transformation, which does not have to be directly related to physical brain injury (Lishman, 1998), an individual can develop certain idiosyncrasies unlike their previous self. Although first characterized in the case of Phineas Gage, where an individual sustained damage to the frontal lobes and exhibited a differing personality, actual personality change can be brought on through More >