Principles of Physiological Psychology

Wundt's founding text of scientific psychology — establishing experimental psychology as a distinct scientific discipline by combining physiology and psychology.

The founding of scientific psychology: Wundt argues that mental processes can be studied using experimental methods adapted from physiology — reaction time, attention, sensation. The combination of introspection (carefully controlled) with physiological measurement. Led directly to the founding of the first psychology laboratory (Leipzig, 1879). Defines the program of experimental psychology that dominated the field for decades.