Science and self-assessment: phrenological charts 1840-1940.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0007087418000055
Abstract: This paper looks at phrenological charts as mediators of (pseudo-)scientific knowledge to individual clients who used them as a means of self-assessment. Phrenologists propagated the idea that the human mind could be categorized into different… read more here.
Keywords: science; individual clients; science self; assessment phrenological ... See more keywords