PROGKHSS OF ANTIIKOPOLOGY IN 1«92. 475 



A (lepaitmeiit of psychology was opciu'd in Conu'll Inivcisity in 

 foniuM-tiou with tlie Susau Liuii Sa.ue School of Philosophy. 



In tlM" (icrinan universities the following- lectures were reported: 



Lvipcuj.—W nndi, siu'cial inv<'sti,i;ati(iiis aud exercises in the i)sych(il(>gieal laliora" 

 'ory; Kulpe, mtrothictory course; (iliiekiier. i)e(la,uoj;ieal i)syeh()logy ; Fleelisiu', 

 psych 111 tricai clinic, Ibrcnsic }),sychiatiy. 



/fcr/iH.— Dilthey, lectures on i)sychology and i)edagogy ; l.azariis, lectures on 

 psychology; Ebbmghans, lectures and esiieriiiieulal psychology; .Jolly, pathology 

 and thera])eutics of mental diseases. 



Bonn. — Elements of i)sychology; Pelinan, lueutal distnrliance (hat holders on in- 

 sanity; Kochs, hypnotism, sleep, and the narcotic condition. 



GiUtingen. — G. P.. Miiller, lectures an<l experimental psychological investigations; 

 Meyers, psychiatric clinic. 



/7c((/(7/(c)v/.— Kracpelin. jdiysiological psychology and psychiatrical clinic. 



Dr. William O. Krolin si)eut nine months worknig in the celebrated 

 university centers of Eurojie, Heideroeig. tStrasburg, Zurich, Freiberg, 

 Munich, Prag, Berlin, Halle, (rdttingen, and r>omi. In each of these 

 the laboratories were carefully inspected and in some of them the doctor 

 carried on experimental work. (See Am. J. Pst/chol., iv, 585-594.) 



The Institute Psycho-Physiologique de Paris Avas founded m 1891 

 for the theoretical and practical study of the psychological and thera- 

 peutical applications of hypnotism. 



The Societe d'Hypuologie of Paris lieid monthly meetings. 



Prof. E. W. Scripture proposes in the psychological notes of the 

 American Journal of P.sychology (IV, 581) a list of terms with dctini- 

 tions for psychological use, according to the meanings attached to 

 them: 



(1) Feelings are the indivisflde elements into which mental jilienom- 

 ena are composed. Every fact of consciousness that has not been 

 proved to be a combination of other facts is to be called a feeling. 



(2) Sensations are those feelings which are regarded as coming from 

 without; they are passively experienced feelings. 



(o) Impulses are those feelings that are regarded as originated in the 

 mind its(*lf: they are actively experienced feelings. 



(4) Ideas are comi)ounds of feelings of any kind. 



(5) Percepts are those ideas that are composed mainly of sensations. 

 (G) Volitions are those ideas that are composed mainly of imi)ulses. 

 The AmtMican branch of the Society for Physical Ilesearch was held 



in Columbia College, ]S'ew York, February 10. Prof. .lames gave a com 

 iminicatioii on the census of halUicinations, and 1>. l'\ Fndeiwood one 

 on experiments in automatic writing. M. l>inet contends tiiat a.;so- 

 ciated with the same pliysical individual there may be two or more 

 personalities, both of which are conscious. They may be <;o-existent 

 oi- successive. Amesthesia is the barrier which separates co existent 

 jiersonalities; amnesia the barrier which separates successive person 

 alities. 'En iin mot, il peut y avoir chez uii menu individu, ])luralite 

 de memoires, pluralite de ccmsciences, })lui;ilite de personalites; et 



