Library of Contemporary Philosophy

Psychological Automatism:

An essay in experimental psychology on the

lower forms of human activity

Dr. Pierre Janet

Professor of Psychology at the College of France,

Director of the Psychological Laboratory of the Clinic at the Salpêtrière.

The Salpêtrière was a famous hospital in Paris where Janet and Jean-Martin Charcot conducted pioneering research into hysteria and the subconscious.

Fourth edition

Paris

Félix Alcan, publisher

Formerly the Germer Baillière and Co. Bookstore

108, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 108

1903

(1st edition 1889)

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Last modified and updated on: February 27, 2021

The following terms are identified as key vocabulary for this text: psychological automatism, experimental psychology, Pierre Janet, College of France, Salpêtrière, Félix Alcan, Germer Baillière, 1903.