Benjamin Bourdon
Benjamin Bienaimé Bourdon (* 1860 ; † 1943 ) was a French psychologist.
Bourdon was a professor at Rennes University .
He dealt with optical illusions . In 1891 he gave his first lecture on experimental psychology . In 1896 he founded the experimental psychological laboratory at the University of Rennes as one of the first psychological laboratories in the country.
The Bourdon test he developed is named after him.
Fonts
- L'Expression des émotions et des tendances dans le langage. Paris, Alcan, 1892
- La perception visual de l'espace. Paris, 1902
- L'Intelligence. Paris, Alcan, 1926
- Les fonctions systématisées de la vie intellectuelle. Nouveau traité de psychologie dirigé par Georges Dumas . Tome 5e, Alcan, 1936
literature
- Serge Nicolas: Benjamin Bourdon (1860-1943). Fondateur du laboratoire de psychologie et de linguistique expérimentales à l'Université de Rennes (1896) . In: Année Psychologique 1998 . Volume 98, No. 2, pp. 271-293.
Web links
- Literature by and about Benjamin Bourdon in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Information on Benjamin Bourdon in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourdon, Benjamin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bourdon, Benjamin Bienaimé (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French psychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1860 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1943 |