Psychological Machinery

Dalibor Voboril

ISBN 10: 3631641303 / ISBN 13: 9783631641309

Edité par Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jan 2014, 2014

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Neuware -The book covers the topic of experimental instrumentation at the turn of the 20th century. The authors introduce the role of instruments in the process of establishing psychology as a science. They concentrate on identifying historical devices and problems with rediscovering their functionality. The core of the book consists of a categorized list of instruments with a description of their purpose and mechanical design. The categorization covers recording and time measuring devices, instruments designated for the research of human senses, memory and learning, and devices for physiological measurement. The publication also includes a companion website with short videos demonstrating selected instruments in action. 140 pp. Englisch.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9783631641309

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Psychological Machinery
• Éditeur: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jan 2014
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3631641303
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783631641309
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 210 L x 148 H x 9 P (en millimètres) 210 millimètres de largeur par 148 millimètres de hauteur par 9 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 213 grammes

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Synopsis

This book covers the topic of historical psychological experimental devices. The introduction explores the role of instruments in establishing psychological science; the main part categorizes the instruments and provides a description of their purpose and mechanical design.

À propos de l?auteur

Dalibor Vobořil, Petr Květon, and Martin Jelínek obtained their PhDs in general psychology from Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic). They work as researchers at the Institute of Psychology at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.