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Previous chapter During the last decades of the 19th century, psychology emancipated itself from physiology, even though the latter remained an important basis for its development. This mutation allowed it to become an academic discipline in its own right and to be recognized in the university curricula. This mutation coincided with the remarkable surge of interest in rhythm which characterized the “Belle Époque.” When, in 1913, Christian Ruckmich compiled a list of the recent - Psychologie – Nouvel article