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8. Mini: Phrenology - The pseudoscience of skull bumps

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English - August 15, 2019 11:00 - 21 minutes - 21.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
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Ever wondered if your brain or the shape of your head made any difference in how smart or talented you are? An entire “science” was created around this idea and became all the rage in the Victorian Era. We’ll explore the lasting impact that measuring bumps on people’s heads had on the fields of psychology and psychiatry.

References:

Cooter, R. (1976). Phrenology and British Alienists, c.1825–1845. Part II: Doctrine and Practice. Medical History, 20(2), 135-151. doi:10.1017/S0025727300022195

"Part One: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism" 4 December 2018.
Stuff Media LLC. 30 July 2019

"Part Two: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism" 6 December 2018.
Stuff Media LLC. 30 July 2019

Phrenology. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Phrenology

Poskett, J. (2013, February 5). Django Unchained and the racist science of
phrenology [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/science/
blog/2013/feb/05/django-unchained-racist-science-phrenology

Ever wondered if your brain or the shape of your head made any difference in how smart or talented you are? An entire “science” was created around this idea and became all the rage in the Victorian Era. We’ll explore the lasting impact that measuring bumps on people’s heads had on the fields of psychology and psychiatry.

References:

Cooter, R. (1976). Phrenology and British Alienists, c.1825–1845. Part II: Doctrine and Practice. Medical History, 20(2), 135-151. doi:10.1017/S0025727300022195

“Part One: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism” 4 December 2018.
Stuff Media LLC. 30 July 2019

“Part Two: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism” 6 December 2018.
Stuff Media LLC. 30 July 2019

Phrenology. (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Phrenology

Poskett, J. (2013, February 5). Django Unchained and the racist science of
phrenology [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/science/
blog/2013/feb/05/django-unchained-racist-science-phrenology