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Professor Ferrier also discovered a centre for facial 

 movements, and this exactly corresponds with the phren- 

 ological organ of Imitation, which gives the power of 

 mimicry, of which facial expression is the most impor- 

 tant part. 



Another centre was found which produced motions of 

 the tongue, cheek-pouches, and jaws in monkeys, exactly 

 as in tasting; and this spot corresponds with the organ of 

 Gustativeness, which gives appreciations of flavors, and 

 in its excess makes a man a gourmand. 



A most remarkable correspondence is that of the organ 

 of Concentrativeness, which gives the power of con- 

 tinued attention to any subject, and is the centre of 

 visual ideation. It is not the centre of vision that is 

 situated in another part of the brain but of the power 

 of seeing and attending to definite objects. Its outward 

 manifestation is a fixed gaze; and as sight is by far the 

 most important of the senses as regards giving us knowl- 

 edge of the outer world, concentration of attention would 

 be first developed through vision, and a fixity of gaze has 

 become an outward indication of continuous thought on 

 any subject, even non-visual. The person is said to ex- 

 hibit " rapt attention." 



One more correspondence noted by Dr. Hollander 

 may be given that of the centre for motions indicating 

 anger with the phrenological organ of Destructiveness. 

 The excitation of this centre caused jackals to retract 

 the ears and spring forward ; in cats, opening the mouth, 

 with spitting and lashing the tail all indications of 

 anger. Now Destructiveness perhaps badly named 

 is simply the organ of anger or passion; and unrestrained 

 passion, whether in children or adults, is usually mani- 



