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The Collin dynamometer: History of the development of an instrument for measuring physical and mental strength
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SYSNO ASEP 0482267 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The Collin dynamometer: History of the development of an instrument for measuring physical and mental strength Author(s) Nicolas, S. (FR)
Vobořil, Dalibor (PSU-E) RID, ORCID, SAISource Title Annee Psychologique. - : Presses Universitaires de France - ISSN 0003-5033
Roč. 117, č. 2 (2017), s. 173-219Number of pages 47 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country FR - France Keywords Collin dynamometer ; experimental psychology ; history of psychology Subject RIV AN - Psychology OECD category Psychology (including human - machine relations) Institutional support PSU-E - RVO:68081740 UT WOS 000413991600002 EID SCOPUS 85036612123 DOI 10.4074/S0003503317000495 Annotation One of the first instruments to be used by psychologists was the manual dynamometer, which was first used to measure the physical strength of individuals before later coming to be a tool for measuring “mental strength”. In fact, all of the first mental tests to be invented (e.g. Cattell, 1890) consisted in psycho-physical tests of manual strength using a dynamometer. Here we shall present a history of the technical development of the dynamometer, while also taking account of its interest for psychology. By far the best known dynamometer at the turn of the 20th century was the instrument made and sold by the mechanical engineer Anatole Collin. The size, shape and method of this dynamometer were the result of a whole series of improvements introduced since the instrument invented by Regnier (1798) and then transformed, in particular during the 19th century, by the French physicians Burq and Duchenne de Boulogne. As of the middle of the 19th century, the catalogs of many makers, in particular in France (e.g. Lüer, Charrière, Mathieu), were to include dynamometers. However, the instrument that was to become most firmly established was the one made by Collin and used, in particular, in the experimental work of Binet and other psychologists of renown. This instrument was to become an indispensable tool not only for psychologists but also for physicians, physiologists, anthropologists and medical doctors within the context of their work. Workplace Institute of Psychology Contact Štěpánka Halamová, Halamova@praha.psu.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 222 096 Year of Publishing 2018
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