Advances in the History of Psychology

E. B. Titchener’s Brain on Display

The preserved brain of early psychologist Edward Bradford Titchener (1867-1927) is currently on display as part of Cornell University’s Wilder Brain Collection. Titchener, a British citizen who completed his doctorate in psychology with Wilhelm...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 1:22 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Other, Titchener, brain, Wilder Brain Collection, Cornell

APA Restores AHAP Funding for 2010

In a meeting of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association, held in Washington over the weekend, the Association’s funding of the Archive for the History of American Psychology (AHAP) for 2010 was restored to previous...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 6:21 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General

New Issue of JHN

The first issue of the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences for 2010 has been released online. Included in this issue are three all new articles which address the Triune Brain in antiquity, the history of neuroscience research at MIT, and the discovery...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 5:02 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Blogs, Journals, Conferences, MIT, triune brain, neuroscience

Emotional Economy of Science in Isis

The most recent issue of Isis, the flagship journal of the History of Science Society, includes a special section devoted to the emotional economy of science, which touches on the more general history of emotion. In doing so, this set of articles provides...

Published Sun, Feb 21 2010 9:41 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Book Reviews, Links, Isis, history of emotion

Pavlovian Conditioning on Film

A film from 1930 on Pavlovian conditioning has been made freely available on the Wellcome Library website. Originally made in Russian, the film was by Professors L. N. Voskresenki and D. S. Fursikov. The film is described as follows, This black and white...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 6:30 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: Video, Links, film, Pavlov

The History of the World in 100 Objects

The British Museum and BBC Radio 4 have teamed up to present A History of the World in 100 Objects. As described on the program’s website, At the heart of the project is the BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 objects. 100 programmes...

Published Wed, Feb 10 2010 6:30 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Resources, Links, British Museum, Podcasts, BBC

DSM-5 Draft Released

The American Psychiatric Association today released a draft of the diagnostic criteria being considered for the forthcoming edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5; apparently Roman numerals of the earlier editions of are being forsworn...

Published Tue, Feb 09 2010 9:52 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, News, DSM, psychiatry

Teaching the History of Psychology

The February 2010 issue of the APA’s Monitor on Psychology contains an article on the teaching of the history of psychology. The article explores the status of history of psychology in North American psychology programs, noting that, many educators...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2010 6:57 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Links, APA Monitor, EPA, teaching history of psychology, SHP, Conferences

Lancet Retracts Article Linking Vaccine to Autism

The leading medical journal of the UK, The Lancet, has formally retracted the article by U.S. physician Andrew Wakefield that claimed the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism in some children. A statement by the The Lancet says: several elements...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 9:29 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Blogs, News, Books, MMR, autism

Introducing the New HoP

The soon-to-appear February 2010 issue of History of Psychology is the journal’s first issue under the editorship of Wade Pickren. Pickren, also currently president of the Society for the History of Psychology, Division 26 of the American Psychological...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 9:31 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Resources, Links, HoP, Pickren

Baby Einstein Founder Sues University

A founder of the Baby Einstein series of videos, has taken the University of Washington to court to force the release of raw data from a study that found that small children who watch television are more likely to develop cognitive deficits. According...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 2:27 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, News, development, television, cognition, Language

Bedlam Exhibit Opens

Over 750 years ago, a small priory just outside of London — St. Mary’s of Bethlehem — opened its doors. Soon after, it began taking in and caring for the mad. The institution, later know simply as Bethlem (or Bedlam), gradually became...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 7:42 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, News, Events, psychiatry, Bedlam

New Translation of Lange on Classics

A new English translation of Ludwig Lange’s important German language work “Neue Experimente über den Vorgang der einfachen Reaction auf Sinneseindrücke” has been posted to the “Classics in the History of Psychology” website...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 2:07 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Wundt, Resources, Links, translation, Classics in the History of Psychology, Ludwig Lange

History of Kuru Reviewed

The Neuro Times blog has reviewed Warwick Anderson’s The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen. Anderson’s volume details the history of the neurological disorder kuru, focusing on the interactions of the Fore people...

Published Sun, Jan 17 2010 12:31 PM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Blogs, anthropology, Book Reviews, kuru, neurological disorder

Merton, Mesmerists, and More in JHBS 2010

The first issue of the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences for 2010 has just been released online. The winter 2010 issue of JHBS includes four all new articles which explore topics as diverse as mesmerism, race relations, and the golden...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 11:11 AM by Advances in the History of Psychology

Filed under: General, Journals, Book Reviews, sociology, Merton, golden section, JHBS, race relations, Mesmerism