The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain.
In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology.
An early method of assessing personality traits and mental abilities by measuring bumps on the skull. go to glossary index
A theory which claims to be able to determine character, personality traits, and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head (reading "bumps"). Developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gall around 1800, and very popular in the 19th century, it is now discredited as a pseudoscience.
The science of divining the skull and head so as to tell one's individuality and personality.
The "science" of reading bumps on the head to identify character traits such as criminality.
The practiced study of head formations, especially in relation to determining one's character.
An early nineteenth-century fad that involved palpating bumps and indentations on the head in order to judge the examinee's intellectual and personality traits. A forerunner of modern theories of cerebral localization, phrenology nonetheless had no validity.
the method of divination, whereby the bumps on the head are read to determine information.
is the long practiced study of head formations.
The appearance of the skull reflects enlargements of parts of the brain, and thus character – according to FJ Gall. (L. phren, mind)
The study of the faculties & qualities of mind from the shape of the skull.
The study of the structure of the skull in the belief that it is indicative mental abilities or character.
a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties
A false science developed by Gall in the nineteenth century that aimed to describe subjects' personalities based on the bumps on their heads.
The reading of character and mental ability from the shape of a person's skull.
The theory of localization of function developed by Gall and Spurzheim that attempted to relate specific brain functions to specific protrusions of the skull (which were believed to be indices of brain structure).
Divination by head formations.
a discredited technique for determining intellectual abilities and personality traits by examining the bumps and depressions of the skull. (89)
