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Phrenology
About: Phrenology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 426 publications have been published within this topic receiving 5983 citations.
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1 Dec 2014TL;DR: Multivariate pattern analysis can address many of the challenges for cognitive neuroscience highlighted in After Phrenology by illuminating the information content of brain regions and by providing insight into whether functional overlap reflects the recruitment of common or distinct computational mechanisms.
Abstract: Abstract Multivariate pattern analysis can address many of the challenges for cognitive neuroscience highlighted in After Phrenology (Anderson 2014) by illuminating the information content of brain regions and by providing insight into whether functional overlap reflects the recruitment of common or distinct computational mechanisms. Further, failing to consider submaximal but reliable population responses can lead to an overly modular account of brain function.
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TL;DR: The notion that particular areas of the brain mediate specific functions is central to neurological diagnosis as discussed by the authors, and it has been suggested that particular cortical functions were reflected in the shape of the overlying skull.
Abstract: The notion that particular areas of the brain mediate specific functions is central to neurological diagnosis. In the 19th century, phrenologists made the rather bolder suggestion that particular cortical functions were reflected in the shape of the overlying skull, a claim not thought credible nowadays. However, William Uttal thinks that a modern variant of phrenology is alive and well, in the shape …
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1 Jan 1996TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of psychological discourse in the Victorian era: 1. The art of surveillance 2. The Haworth context 3. Insanity and selfhood 4. Reading the mind: physiognomy and phrenology 5. Charlotte Brontes Fiction: 6. The early writings: penetrating power 7. The Professor: 'the art of self-control' 8. Jane Eyre: 'lurid hieroglyphics' 9. Shirley: bodies and markets 10. Villette: "the surveillance of a sleepless eye" Conclusion
Abstract: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Psychological Discourse in the Victorian Era: 1. The art of surveillance 2. The Haworth context 3. Insanity and selfhood 4. Reading the mind: physiognomy and phrenology 5. The female bodily economy Part II. Charlotte Brontes Fiction: 6. The early writings: penetrating power 7. The Professor: 'the art of self-control' 8. Jane Eyre: 'lurid hieroglyphics' 9. Shirley: bodies and markets 10. Villette: 'the surveillance of a sleepless eye' Conclusion Notes Index.
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