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“The fate of the physiology of the brain is independent of the truth and falsity of my assertions relative to the laws of the organization of the nervous system, in general, and of the brain in particular, just as the knowledge of the functions of a sense is independent of the knowledge of the structure of its apparatus.”

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Franz Joseph Gall
Franz Joseph Gall

Franz Joseph Gall (March 9, 1758 - August 22, 1828) was a physiologist and is considered the founder of phrenology. He proposed the theory of phrenology, which suggested that different parts of the brain correspond to different psychological traits in individuals. more

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