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Is Neuroimaging Just Modern Phrenology?

November 29, 2017August 6, 2021 Jens Foell Amygdala, Cesare Lombroso, fMRI, fMRT, Franz Joseph Gall, Fusiform face area, fusiform gyrus, Germany, MRI, Neuroimaging, phenology, Phrenologie, pseudoscience, Pseudowissenschaft, racism, Rassismus, Scheinkorrelationen, somatosensory cortex, spurious correlation, TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulaion

You might have heard the term ‘phrenology’ thrown around, usually in the context of pseudoscience and racism. Or, if you’ve heard discussions about the Quentin Tarantino movie Django Unchained, it… Read more

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¿Es la Neuroimagenología Simplemente un Tipo de Frenología Moderna?

Is Neuroimaging Just Modern Phrenology?