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The head's study (10)

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I believe the answer is:

phrenology

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This could be a double definition.

'the head's' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'study' is the second definition.
(phrenology is a kind of study)

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(Other definitions for phrenology that I've seen before include "Fanciful science" , "pseudoscience" , "Study of cranial bumps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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