Pierre Flourens showed that the brain center for the coordination of movement was the
A) cortex, which phrenologists thought was the center for "will."
B) cortex, which phrenologists thought was the center for all higher faculties.
C) cerebellum, which phrenologists thought was the center for "amativeness."
D) cerebellum, which phrenologists thought was the center for "verbal memory."

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Pierre Flourens showed that the cerebellum was the brain center for the coordination of movement, which is the opposite of what phrenologists thought. They believed that the cerebellum was the center for "amativeness," not movement coordination.

Pierre Flourens Showed That the Brain Center for the Coordination