Boadmoor Interacts - Criminal Insanity Revisited Describes the history of one of the best known high security hospital. Covers the changes of patient care, treatment, legal questions and living conditions. Abstracts of book by Tony Black.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Georg Elias Muller Information on the life and works of this important pioneer of experimental/physiological psychology.
George H. Mead Archive Publications by Mead as well as others, such as Dewey and Baldwin
Gestalt Theory Resources Center A pointer to Gestalt theory related web-resources, including own resources like the Gestalt Theory Keywords section
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.
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.
History of Phrenology on the Web Phrenology, though now generally discredited, was an important historical precursor of later developments in psychology and neuroscience. Contains essays, related images, a large bibliography, and digitized books.
History of Psychology Timeline Rather an eccentric selection of key events in the history of Psychology and related fields, from c.580 B.C. to 1997, and with something of a Brazilian bias. May be useful for beginners to get themselves oriented in the field.
History of the Brain A timeline of the development of our understanding of the brain, from 4000 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
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.
James, William Information on and readings from turn of the century American psychologist and philosopher.
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.
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.
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. Site contains some biographical links.
Max Wertheimer Page About life and work of Gestalt psychology founder Max Wertheimer, including bibliography and Wertheimer web resources.
Neuroscience History Archives Based at the UCLA Brain Research Institute. Identifies, collects, and preserves primary source material of twentieth century American neuroscience.
RETICULUM: Neuroscience History Resources A gateway to events, associations, opportunities, and Internet resources for history and historians of basic, clinical, and behavioral neuroscience.
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.
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.
Squashed Descartes Condensed edition of Hobbes' response to Descartes' 'Meditatione,' with study notes and glossary.
Squashed Descartes Condensed edition of Descartes' 'Meditations', with study notes and glossary.
Squashed Descartes Condensed edition of Descartes' 'Meditatione', with study notes and glossary
The History of Phrenology Consists of essays on themes in the history, as well as a collection of images, digitized books relevant not only to the history of phrenology, but also to the history of evolutionary thought.
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.
The History of Psychology from the University of Dayton. Resources on many figures in the history of psychology, and history of psychology trivia.
The History of Psychology Etext written by a professor in the Psychology Department at Shippensburg University, PA.
The Knight Dunlap Page Information on Knight Dunlap, a significant, but largely forgotten pioneer of American Psychology.
The Magical Number Seven The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information
The Max Wertheimer Page Life and work of the founder of Gestalt Psychology, with Wertheimer links.
The Mead Project As well as being a repository for online versions of material by the influential American social psychologist, George Herbert Mead (1863-1931), this site also archives work related to his, including that of many important early 20th century American psychologists, including J.R. Angell, J.M. Baldwin, J. Dewey, W. James, W.I. Thomas, & E.B. Titchener.
The Pre-History of Cognitive Science An annotated bibliography of the models of human cognition of Berkeley, Burton, Hobbes, and Locke. (More figures from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries are promised.)
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.)
The Virtual Laboratory A resource for the history of the human sciences (especially psychology) and the "experimentalization of life," archiving historical texts and images, as well as new essays. Site is in English, but much of the archived material is in German.
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.
William James "Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James was important in early history of Alcoholics Anonymous. Complete text of many of James' writings (including Varieties) along with related summaries and commentaries.
William James Information on and readings from American psychologist and philosopher William James
William James Information on and readings from pioneering American psychologist William James.
