来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第11集》

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  And Elliot had a tumor in his frontal lobe.
  埃利奥特的额叶皮质部分长了个肿瘤
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  And the tumor had to be removed
  在移除这个肿瘤的时候
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  and with it came a lot of Elliot's frontal lobe.
  埃利奥特的额叶皮质也被带走了一部分
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  And again, as a result of this,
  然后再次的 因为这次(手术)
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  Elliot was not struck blind or deaf or retarded,
  尽管埃利奥特没瞎没聋没弱智
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  and he didn't become the sort of profane character
  而且他并没有变成像菲尼亚斯·盖奇那样
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  that Phineas Gage became,
  令人讨厌的个性
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  but he lost the ability to prioritize.
  但是他失去了分清主次的能力
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  He lost the ability to set goals.
  他无法设定目标
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  Damasio describes him here:
  达马西奥在这里这么形容他
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  At his job at an activity
  他工作中处理项目的时候
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  he would read and fully understand
  他可以充分的阅读并理解