Talk:Conehead skulls

Would skull binding affect brain function? 86.191.145.86 (talk) 14:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That's an interesting question, although I've not seen much discussion of it, and there's a shortage of coneheads today to experiment upon. There was a 2007 study whose authors looked at historical records and didn't find evidence of any cognitive effects.. There are probably some fringe science views on the topic, as with the view that trepanation (drilling a hole in the skull) allows the brain to expand and develop. Annquin (talk) 15:46, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
 * 'Being a non-brain-surgeon/experimenter' (and given that some skull problems do have an effect on the brain) it does seem a possibility - but I no more wish to inflict unnecessary damage on persons and animals than most RWists/people in general. (And possibly - given the records of explorers if there had been a significant effect there would have been some mention - even allowing for 'cultural assumptions of the times.') 86.191.145.86 (talk) 22:27, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Intro paragraph
This is unclear/is contradicted later in the text. Perhaps what is intended/a better phrasing is - head-binding to change skull-shape was a known practice, but there are also cases of 'genetic and developmental issues' causing deformed skulls to occur naturally. Anna Livia (talk) 18:17, 30 May 2021 (UTC)