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jan 1, 1879 - Wilhelm Wundt founded the first formal laboratory of psychology

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Wilhelm Wundt opened the Institute for Experimental Psychology at the University of Leipzig in Germany in 1879. This was the first laboratory dedicated to psychology, and its opening is usually thought of as the beginning of modern psychology.

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jan 1, 1879
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~ 147 years ago