phrenological
Reading skull bumps
Phrenological relates to phrenology, the discredited 19th-century practice of reading character and mental faculties from the shape of the skull.
Once considered science, phrenology is now a byword for pseudoscience: phrenological charts, phrenological examination.
The word appears mostly in historical contexts or as shorthand for junk science dressed up as expertise.
Head's bone casing
- bumpsSmall raised areas
- facultiesInnate powers of mind
- propensitiesNatural tendencies toward something
- characterNature, symbol, or role
temperament · traits · personality · mind · intellect · quackery · charlatan · fraudulent
Character from appearance
- anthropometryScience of body measurements
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- VictorianOf a prim era
Study of nervous system structure
- brain mappingCharting neural structures
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- brain functionNeural processing capacity
- modularityDivisibility into independent units
Doctrine of ethnic determinism
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- eugenicsControlled human reproduction theory
- ethnologyComparative study of peoples
- craniometrySkull dimension analysis
racial classification · scientific racism · hierarchy · colonial · discrimination
skull
Head's bone casing
- bumpsSmall raised areas
- facultiesInnate powers of mind
- propensitiesNatural tendencies toward something
character · temperament · traits · personality · mind · intellect · quackery · charlatan · fraudulent · debunked
physiognomy
Character from appearance
- anthropometryScience of body measurements
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
Victorian · character analysis · mental faculties · brain mapping
neuroanatomy
Study of nervous system structure
- brain mappingCharting neural structures
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- brain functionNeural processing capacity
racialism
Doctrine of ethnic determinism
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- eugenicsControlled human reproduction theory
- ethnologyComparative study of peoples
craniometry · racial classification · scientific racism · hierarchy · colonial · discrimination
phrenologicalneuroscientific
Of brain and mind study
evidence-based · empirical · peer-reviewed · rigorous · legitimate
schizophrenia, phrenology, phrenic, phrenologist, craniology