Phrenology
id:
phrenology-161-9486300
title:
Phrenology
text:
Phrenology or craniology is a pseudoscience that involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. It is based on the concept that the brain is the organ of the mind, and that certain brain areas have localized, specific functions or modules. It was said that the brain was composed of different muscles, so those that were used more often were bigger, resulting in the different skull shapes. This provided reasoning for the common presence of bumps on the skull in different
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Pseudoscientific study of human characteristics according to shape of the skull
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology
date created:
2001-08-21T23:56:01Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T07:50:09Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q188584","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q188584"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Phrenological_skull%2C_European%2C_19th_century_CE._On_display_at_the_Wellcome_Collection%2C_London.jpg","width":4016,"height":4504}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16