Article ID: CBB224301715

Franz Joseph Gall's Non-Cortical Faculties and Their Organs (2020)

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Franz Joseph Gall (1758–1828) is remembered for his claims that behavior results from a large number of independent mental faculties, and that these faculties are associated with cortical organs. Apart from the 26 faculties he localized in the cerebrum, he also recognized one faculty (reproductive drive) in the cerebellum. This picture, however, is based on Gall's presentations in his well-known later works, his four volume Anatomie et Physiologie. These books reflect the outcomes of Gall's thinking. They were steered by the observations and feedback he received in Vienna and while presenting his theories in the German states and neighboring countries between 1805 and 1807. Examining his lists before what he published in Paris shows how his faculties were changing. Notably, and as shown here, he had previously included several faculties associated with brainstem structures, in addition to the cerebellum, which he would continue to associate with some reproductive behaviors.

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Authors & Contributors
Finger, Stanley
Eling, Paul
Gonia Jarema
Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė, Eglė
Cornel, Tabea
Bassiri, Nima Rad
Concepts
Phrenology
Brain localization
Neurosciences
Psychology
Brain
Biographies
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
17th century
20th century, early
20th century
16th century
Places
Germany
France
Netherlands
Vilnius (Lithuania or Poland)
United States
Switzerland
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