French psychologist Alfred Binet (1859-1911) took a different tack than most psychologists of his day: he was interested in the workings of the normal mind rather than the pathology of mental illness.

M. BINET'S volume originally appeared in the “Bibliothèque Scientifique Internationale,” and was reviewed in NATURE in July 1892 (vol. xlvi. p. 219). The subject with which it deals is beset with ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Students acting up in class, screaming, even spitting and throwing things. It can happen in many classrooms. But some of them aren't able to control their actions. At the ...

In the year 1905, Psychologist Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon designed a test for children who were struggling in France. The test was created for the purpose to identify which children need special ...

Intelligence tests are among the most influential - but also controversial - innovations of the 20th century. Alfred Binet set out with the best of intentions to determine how to place children in the ...