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BSP 83: William Uttal: Is brain imaging the new phrenology?

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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What Are Your Goals With Frontology?

Frontology was a very popular field when it was at its heyday. The idea that you could feel around on the skull of a person and find whether a bumps or crevices were associated with particular cognitive processes has been debunked. "I'm not really convinced that anybody can change the huge commitment" to fMRI, he says.

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