Stone James L
Division of Neurosurgery, Cook County Hospital and Department of Neurosurgery, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Neurosurgery. 2003 Dec;53(6):1414-6; discussion 1416-7. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000093429.94129.f0.
Mark Twain was a noted 19th century American writer and humorist. He often elaborated upon the personalities of his characters, and his observational skills reflected a strong interest in psychology. Similarly, he found an interest in phrenology, a pseudoscience that purported to characterize personality traits according to elevations or depressions on the head. Twain's style is clearly reflected in the interesting essay he wrote regarding his personal experience with phrenology.
马克·吐温是19世纪著名的美国作家和幽默家。他经常详细阐述其笔下人物的性格，他的观察技巧反映出他对心理学有着浓厚的兴趣。同样，他对颅相学也感兴趣，颅相学是一门伪科学，声称可根据头部的隆起或凹陷来刻画性格特征。吐温的风格在他所写的关于自己颅相学经历的有趣文章中得到了清晰体现。
