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THIS edition, now expanded to double the former size and comprised in two volumes, is virtually a new book. Far more space is devoted to the description of apparatus than formerly. Pieces of apparatus are illustrated, many of which are quite unknown in the psychological laboratories of this country. Not only for this reason, however, is the work likely to be of little value to elementary students of the subject on this side of the Channel. The authors err in laying no stress whatever on an acquaintance with the psycho-physical methods, and on the importance of obtaining introspective data in psychological experiment. It appears to be their object merely to “describe apparatus,” much as the authors of a book on experimental physics would do, leaving on one side methods of procedure as if they could be picked up haphazard in the laboratory, and neglecting the introspective data obtainable from the subject of the experiment as if they did not exist! For the instructor or the advanced student, however, the work is of considerable interest. The apparatus, unfamiliar in this country, is excellently described; and there are several novel experiments which appear to have promising value.
Technique de Psychologie Exp rimentelle de Toulouse, Vaschide et Pi ron.
By Ed. Toulouse H. Pi ron. Second edition, tome i., pp. xii + 303; tome ii., pp. xvi + 288. (Paris: Octave Dion et Fils, 1911.) Price 10 francs the two volumes.
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Technique de Psychologie Expérimentelle de Toulouse, Vaschide et Piéron . Nature 87, 346 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087346c0
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