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| − | Phrenology is the study of the outside of the human head, its contours and bumps. The belief at the time was that a person's inner thoughts, feelings and proclivities could be determined, specifically a person's criminality or tendency toward evil behavior. | + | Phrenology is the study of the outside of the human head, its contours and bumps. The belief at the time was that a person's inner thoughts, feelings and proclivities could be determined, specifically a person's criminality or tendency toward evil behavior. It was and is a [[Pseudoscience| pseudoscience]]. |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:13, April 16, 2007
Phrenology is the study of the outside of the human head, its contours and bumps. The belief at the time was that a person's inner thoughts, feelings and proclivities could be determined, specifically a person's criminality or tendency toward evil behavior. It was and is a pseudoscience.