The Contribution of the Florence Laboratory to the Foundation od "Scientific" Psychology in Italy

With regard to the affirmation of a "scientific" psychology in Italy, this study emphasize the importance of the research conducted at the University of Florence in the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, founded in 1903 by Francesco De Sarlo. The results of the activity carried out in this laboratory are collected in the two volumes of "Ricerche di Psicologia", published in 1905 and 1907. The research carried out in the Florence Laboratory contributes to characterising, in an original way, the foundation of "scientific" psychology in Italy.