Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . Fig. 6i.—Amativeness Large. Fig. 62.—Amativeness Small. It increases greatly in size at puberty, and attains its max-imum between the ages of twenty and twenty-five. Itssize then, in comparison with the cerebrum, is as one toeight. It is in general relatively smaller in females thanin males. While there is much difference of opinion amongphysiologists, who do not accept Phrenology, with respectto the relation of the cerebellum to muscular movement ormotory impuls
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . Fig. 6i.—Amativeness Large. Fig. 62.—Amativeness Small. It increases greatly in size at puberty, and attains its max-imum between the ages of twenty and twenty-five. Itssize then, in comparison with the cerebrum, is as one toeight. It is in general relatively smaller in females thanin males. While there is much difference of opinion amongphysiologists, who do not accept Phrenology, with respectto the relation of the cerebellum to muscular movement ormotory impulse, high authority seems to be in accord in lo-cating the sexual propensity in some part of the cerebellum. ORGANS OF THE SOCIAL AFFECTIONS. 141 PHILOPROGENITIVENESS. This organ is marked in the general diagram as lying onthe mesial line of the head just above the cerebellum. Itoccupies in the brain the lower occipital convolutions ad-jacent to the occipital protuberance of the cranium. Itsfunction, as indicated by its name, is that of imparting aninstinctive love of the young, especially of ones own chil-dren. It is adapte
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