ABSTRACT
Developments in neuropsychology owe much to the discovery and careful examination of sometimes rare and remarkable individuals. From Broca’s first and most famous case Leborgne and the frontal lobe case Phineas Gage, through the commissurotomy, lobectomy, and hemispherectomy cases, right up to the highly influential deep dyslexia cases of contemporary times, the single case-especially the extraordinary case-has provided new directions and improved our understanding of the way mental life is represented in the brain. In some instances, the interpretation of the case has proved nothing less than revolutionary.
