On 11 January 2008 Chris Green wrote:
>On this day were born both William James (1842) and Edward Bradford 
Titchener (1867)!
>Also, on this day in 1890, the first experimental psychology laboratory 
>in the British Empire opened. Can you guess where? See
http://ahp.yorku.ca/

Can you imagine my surprise to find it was in Canada, of all places! -:) My
first guess was Canterbury, New Zealand, followed by Alice Springs,
Australia. -:) 

Anyway, interesting to see the Canadians got there before their southern
neighbours. Anyone know which was the first US  experimental psychology
laboratory? (My guess would be Harvard.)

Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
Southwark College, London
http://www.esterson.org



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