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they basically lost a good part of their emotions.
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And what this means is
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they don't really care that much about things.
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They can't prioritize.
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Damasio tells a case of one of his patients
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who was under the pseudonym here of Elliot.
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And Elliot had a tumor in his frontal lobe.
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And the tumor had to be removed
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and with it came a lot of Elliot's frontal lobe.
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And again, as a result of this,
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Elliot was not struck blind or deaf or retarded,
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and he didn't become the sort of profane character