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corroboration

corroboration Corroboration is confirmation or added support for a finding or idea from other observed evidence.

Corroboration is confirmation or added support for a finding or idea from other observed evidence. In this historical psychiatric context, it refers to how observations in insanity were taken as supporting earlier conclusions about the localization of brain functions.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Insanity (and Sanity)” (Insanity).
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