Physiology is concerned with all those phenomena of life that present them selves to us in sense perception as bodily processes, and accordingly form part of that total environment which we name the external world.

In 1879 Wundt founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research at the University of Leipzig. He is widely regarded as the "father of experimental psychology". Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physician psychologist physiologist philosopher and professor known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology.