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History of the Brain
A timeline of the development of our understanding of the brain, from 4000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/history/inde...
RETICULUM: Neuroscience History Resources
A gateway to events, associations, opportunities, and Internet resources for history and historians of basic, clinical, and behavioral neuroscience.
http://www.bri.ucla.edu/nha/RETICULM.htm
Canadian Psychological Association, History & Philosophy of Psychology Section
Information about the section.
http://www.psych.yorku.ca/orgs/cpahpp/
European Traces of the History of Psychology
Photos and brief descriptions of sites in Europe associated with distinguished contributors to psychological science.
http://www.ric.edu/dcousins/europsych/
Women in Psychology
Brief biographies and bibliographies of some female psychologists of various races, ages, and sexual orientations.
http://teach.psy.uga.edu/dept/student/park...
Psychology's Roots
Reviews the history and evolution of psychology from ancient Greece to the present day.
http://webpages.charter.net/thejacowskis/p...
History of Psychology (journal)
Home page of the print journal, with information and tables of contents.
http://www.apa.org/journals/hop.html
Milestones in the History of Neuroscience.
A detailed timeline running from 4000 B.C. to 1997, plus a list of useful reference works and links.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hist...
Mind and Body: Rene Descartes to William James
By Robert H. Wozniak, Bryn Mawr College.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/Mind/Table.ht...
Classics in Psychology 1855-1914: Historical Essays
Short essays introductory to 48 works central to the history of scientific psychology. Each essay places a given work in its intellectual context, summarizes its basic content, and assesses its general significance.
http://www.thoemmes.com/psych/psy/contents...
Mary Whiton Calkins Deserves Her Ph.D.
Mary Whiton Calkins, "The Mother of Psychology", attended Harvard at the turn of the 20th century. Help Kalamazoo College students obtain the doctorate that is rightfully hers. Page includes biographical information.
http://www.kzoo.edu/psych/calkins/calkins....
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Home page of the longest established print journal in the field, with tables of contents back to 1996.
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0...
History & Philosophy of Psychology Web Resources
Useful links page from the Cheiron site.
http://www.psych.yorku.ca/orgs/resource.ht...
Squashed Descartes
Condensed edition of Descartes' 'Meditatione', with study notes and glossary
http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squa...
The Max Wertheimer Page
Life and work of the founder of Gestalt Psychology, with Wertheimer links.
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/8646/
AmoebaWeb: History of Psychology
Directory of links to history of psychology content. Maintained by Douglas Degelman, Professor of Psychology at Vanguard University of Southern California.
http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/...
HTP Prints
The History and Theory of Psychology eprints archive. Gives access to online versions of articles in these areas. Registered users may also deposit appropriate material.
http://htpprints.yorku.ca/
Psychology, Society, and Ability Testing
Eight chapters describing the rise of standardized testing in animal, school, vocational, and military settings.
http://www.comnet.ca/~pballan/Index.html
History & Theory of Psychology Q&A Forum.
Bulletin board for posting questions and answers about these topics.
http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl...
John Broadus Watson (1878-1958)
Discusses the psychologist's childhood, university days, work at John Hopkins, infidelity scandal, advertising job, farm life and later acknowledgments. Includes copies of original photos of people and manuscripts.
http://facweb.furman.edu/dept/psychology/w...
The History of Phrenology on the Web
Although now generally considerd pseudoscience, phrenology, the popular Victorian science of the mind and brain, had an enormous historical impact on the development of psychology and neuroscience.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/phrenology...
The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
Classic 1956 paper by George A. Miller that helped spark the Cognitive Revolution.
http://www.well.com/user/smalin/miller.htm...
Leonardo da Vinci's Contributions to Neuroscience
Includes anatomical drawings by Leonardo and extracts from his writings in brain function, plus Medieval and Renaissance diagrams of the brain, its ventricles, and their function in cognition.
http://pevsnerlab.kennedykrieger.org/leona...
Iconophobia, Knight Dunlap, and the vanishing images of J.B. Watson.
Account of an important episode in the development of the Behaviorist movement in psychology.
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/nthomas/...
Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA)
Association established for the purpose of promoting the Gestalt-theoretical perspective in research and practice. Includes articles, information, resources, and conferences.
http://gestalttheory.net/
Georg Elias Muller
Information on the life and works of this important pioneer of experimental/physiological psychology.
http://www.chss.montclair.edu/psychology/h...
Gestalt Theory Resources Center
Gestalt theory and Gestalt psychology resources - including a Gestalt Theory glossary, brief biographies of the founders of Gestalt Theory, and links.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/292...
The History of Psychology
from the University of Dayton. Resources on many figures in the history of psychology, and history of psychology trivia.
http://elvers.stjoe.udayton.edu/history/we...
Cheiron: International Society for the History of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Concerned with the history of psychology and related studies. Includes meetings and list of officers.
http://www.psych.yorku.ca/orgs/cheiron/
Chronology of Psychology
Milestones in the treatment of the mentally ill, history of psychological treatments and institutions, and notable persons and publications, from the Middle Ages through 1997.
http://www.cwu.edu/~warren/addenda.html
HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum
Gateway and information about an Internet forum for announcements, inquiries and discussion on access to historical sources and their use and interpretation for all persons interested in neuroscience history.
http://www.bri.ucla.edu/nha/histneur.htm
Rudolf Allers
Information about this Catholic disciple of Freud and Adler who made his own distinctive contributions to psychodynamic theory. Also provides information on related thinkers Anna Terruwe, Conrad W. Baars, and Louis Jugnet.
http://www.rudolfallers.info/
American Psychological Association Division 26 (History of Psychology).
Official site of the APA. Includes contact information for committee members, list of fellows, and selected links.
http://www.psych.yorku.ca/orgs/apa26/
Neuroscience History Archives
Based at the UCLA Brain Research Institute. Identifies, collects, and preserves primary source material of twentieth century American neuroscience.
http://www.neurosciencearchives.org/
European Society for the History of the Human Sciences
ESHHS brings together individuals interested in the history of psychology, anthropology, sociology, economy, and other human sciences.
http://psychology.dur.ac.uk/eshhs/
Peace Research Institute Dundas: History of Psychiatry
Printed by Sage Publications. Includes archived abstracts, mission statement and manuscript submission information.
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/JournalIssue.aspx...
Memorandum: memory and history in psychology
Brazilian e-journal. In Portuguese and English.
http://www.fafich.ufmg.br/~memorandum
The Knight Dunlap Page
Information on Knight Dunlap, a significant, but largely forgotten pioneer of American Psychology.
http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/personal/facu...
History of Psychology Links
from Alfred D. Kornfeld of Eastern Connecticut State University.
http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/personal/facu...
Forum for History of Human Science
The Forum for History of Human Science is an interest group within the History of Science Society, which brings together historians of economics, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and medicine.
http://www.fhhs.org/
The History of Psychology
Etext written by a professor in the Psychology Department at Shippensburg University, PA.
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/historyofpsy...
Critical Psychology in South Africa: Looking back and looking forwards
Compares the development of the field of clinical psychology in South Africa to the rest of the world, as well as the detachment from political and race relations problems from 1994 to 2004. Page also describes the development of the field in general over the years.
http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/crit...
William James Discussion Forum
Discussion forum and live chat devoted to William James' works.
http://jollyroger.com/zz/yna3d/WilliamJame...
American Psychological Association Historical Database
Searchable by date or keyword.
http://www.cwu.edu/~warren/today.html
Psychology Timeline
TimeLine of Psychological Ideas, by Marcos Emanoel Pereira.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/606...
Important Scientists in the Early Development of Comparative Cognition
Profiles and works of researchers and observers who made important contributions to the field of comparative animal cognition.
http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/hi...
The Virtual Laboratory
A platform where historians publish and discuss their research on experimentation in the life sciences, art, and technology. Managed by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.
http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/
Hall of Fame : Great Psychologists
Brief biographies of the all time great psychologists and their work, such as background information about Freud, Pavlov, Maslow, and Allport.
http://www.a2zpsychology.com/photo_gallery...
William James
Information on and readings from pioneering American psychologist William James.
http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/james.h...
The Pre-History of Cognitive Science
An annotated bibliography of the models of human cognition of Berkeley, Burton, Hobbes, and Locke. (More thinkers from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries are promised.)
http://www.rc.umd.edu/cstahmer/cogsci/
International Society for the History of the Neurosciences
Dedicated to promoting interest, education and research in the history of the neurosciences.
http://www.ishn.org/
Freud: A Socratic Statesman
Discusses Plato and Freud's description of the soul (psyche) in terms of an internal conflict for authority over the individual. Elaborates this into an understanding of internal politics.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4025/
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