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At Yale, Matsumoto studied under experimental psychologist Edward Wheeler Scripture, and he earned a Ph.D. in 1899. His dissertation was entitled "Experimental Research in Acoustic Space". The school made him an assistant professor. Shortly thereafter, however, the government of Japan decided to send
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After Motora's death in 1912, Matsumoto came back to Tokyo Imperial University and assumed Motora's position as the department chair there. At Tokyo Imperial, Matsumoto's research focused on "mental movement", or physical movements that express mental processes. He taught psychocynematics, the
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Matsumoto took a faculty position at the Tokyo Higher Normal School upon returning to Japan. He also consulted with Motora as the latter built the first psychology laboratory in Japan in 1903. (While he was studying in Europe, Motora had asked him to purchase certain supplies for the planned
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was a Japanese psychologist who set up the first psychological laboratory in Japan. He has been described as "the most eminent figure in the history of psychology in Japan". He founded the
163:. Matsumoto mentioned his interest in coming to the U.S. to pursue doctoral study. With Ladd's support, Matsumoto was admitted to the Ph.D. program at Yale. 188:
quantitative study of such movements, to 125 students, including 20 doctoral graduates. He wrote a book on intelligence that was more than 1100 pages long.
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came to lecture in Japan. When Ladd departed Japan, Matsumoto accompanied him to the wharf in
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him to Europe. For about three years, Matsumoto did postdoctoral study with
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While Matsumoto was studying in Tokyo, American psychologist
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Baltes, Paul B. (2 February 2004).
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in 1921. After he retired in 1926, Matsumoto founded the
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before he set up Japan's second psychology laboratory at
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Index


Experimental psychology
Takasaki
Yūjirō Motora
Yale University
Edward Wheeler Scripture
Tokyo Higher Normal School
Kyoto University
Tokyo Imperial University
Gunma Prefecture
George Trumbull Ladd
Yokohama
Wilhelm Wundt
Kyoto University
Kyoto Prefectural School of Art and Crafts
Japan Academy
"Dr. Matataro Matsumoto: His career and achievements"
doi
10.1002/1520-6696(197601)12:1<31::aid-jhbs2300120104>3.0.co;2-j
PMID
801142





Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol. 5
"Psychology of feelings and emotions: Its history in Japan"
doi
10.1111/j.1468-5884.2005.00278.x

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