- Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828) : Franz Gall refers to Austrian anatomist who postulated that mental faculties were innate and related to the topical structures of the brain. Gall believed that the strengths of mental faculties varied from person to person and that they could be determined by examining the bumps and depressions on a person's skull. Such an examination came to be called Phrenology. Please see also Phrenology.
Related Articles | |
| Phrenology at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■■ |
Phrenology refers to the study of the shape of the head to determine anatomical correlates of human behavior. . . . Read More | |
| Clinico-anatomical hypothesis at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Clinico-anatomical hypothesis is the view that regards dreams as just thinking that takes place under . . . Read More | |
| Thinking style and language at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■■ |
Thinking style and language refers to a term used in a mental status exam to indicate how a person thinks. . . . Read More | |
| Ptolemy (fl. second century A.D.) at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Ptolemy (fl. second century AD.) refers to the Greco-C231 Egyptian Astronomer whose synthesis of earlier . . . Read More | |
| Franz Clemens Brentano (1838 - 1917) at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Franz Clemens Brentano (1838 1917) : Franz Clemens Brentano believed that introspection should be used . . . Read More | |
| Franz Nissl (1860–1919) at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Franz Nissl (1860–1919) refers to the German Histologist who discovered in the 1880's that a simple . . . Read More | |
| Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) refers to a variant of the PET scan that permits a . . . Read More | |
| Endogenous at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Endogenous means developed from within. When applied to depression, Endogenous means that depressive . . . Read More | |
| Collagen at psychology-glossary.com | ■■■ |
Collagen is a protein that is primarily found in the skin, bones, and connective tissues of the body. . . . Read More | |
| Antifreeze at top500.de | ■■■ |
Antifreeze contains ethylene glycol which is poisonous when ingested. Ingestion may result in depression . . . Read More | |