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Men of opposing social classes in a game of boules; illustrating the faculty of weight and resistance in phrenology. Steel engraving by A. Portier, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

An artist measures a model of the human body from a distance with one eye shut; representing the faculty of perception in extended space in phrenological classification. Steel engraving by J-I-L. Desjardins, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

On the visual organs in Lamellibranchiata / by Benjamin Sharp.

Perception : an approach to personality / by Robert R. Blake and Glenn V. Ramsey ; in collaboration with Frank A. Beach [and others].

Even odder perceptions / Richard L. Gregory.

Studien über die Bewegungsvorstellungen / von S. Stricker.

The student's guide to social neuroscience / Jamie Ward.

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On the visual organs in Lamellibranchiata / by Benjamin Sharp.

Perception : an approach to personality / by Robert R. Blake and Glenn V. Ramsey ; in collaboration with Frank A. Beach [and others].

Even odder perceptions / Richard L. Gregory.

Studien über die Bewegungsvorstellungen / von S. Stricker.

The student's guide to social neuroscience / Jamie Ward.