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.[1]. 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)