Theo Mulder (b. 1953) is a neuro-psychologist. He was a professor at the universities of Nijmegen and Groningen as well as the director of institutes at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. His previous book, The Born Adapter: On the Brain, Movement and Change (2003), which surveyed the fascinating science of human movement and rehabilitation, sold 20,000 copies in the Netherlands. The book was also translated into German.
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Franz Joseph Gall dedicated his life to understanding the differences in human behaviour. Immensely famous and influential in 19th-century Europe, he revolutionized our conception of the brain and lay the foundation for neuropsychology. He also believed he could read twenty-seven different character traits — including murderousness, sex drive and musicality — by feeling the various lumps and bumps of the human skull. Today, you are more likely to spot his brain charts or porcelain busts at a flea market than recognize his name.
