Phrases with «phrenology»

Phrenology is the study of the shape and bumps on a person's skull, which some people used to think could reveal their personality traits and abilities. Full definition

Sentences with «phrenology»

  • You just expect people to read a collection of «research notebook» trial analyses, intermixed with phrenology cuteness, cartoons, commenters chipping in off topic, and even threads on different blogs talking to each other! (climateaudit.org)
  • So you're saying any studies that show formula yields better results (not that Tanya was making such claims) would be due to the impossibility of developing a fair sampling / testing method, but you have no problem extolling the virtues of breast feeding, not to mention perpetuating this modern day phrenology of head circumference as a determination of future IQ, based on the same flawed science? (psychologytoday.com)
  • What about phrenology when it existed alongside germ theory? (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
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