[Agustín Moreno: scientific psychology and women's legal responsibility in Spain].

Agustín Moreno: psicología científica y responsabilidad legal de la mujer en España.

Publisher: Colegio Oficial de Psicológicas de Asturias Country of Publication: Spain NLM ID: 101189384 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1886-144X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02149915 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Psicothema Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Oviedo, Spain : Colegio Oficial de Psicológicas de Asturias

Liability, Legal/*history ; Psychology/*history ; Women/*history; Female ; History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Spain

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Agustín Moreno Rodríguez (1886-1967) studied Medicine and Natural Sciences at the Central University of Spain, in Madrid. He was a student of Dr. Luis Simarro, the University's professor of Experimental Psychology and of Tomas Maestre, the University's professor of Medical Law, Toxicology and Psychiatry. In 1910, he published the text The woman's civil and penal responsibility during the menstrual period. In this work, he approaches the question of the legal responsibility of women, based on the principle of excitation/reaction of Claude Bernard and on his personal version of the concept of iteration elaborated by Luis Simarro. Dr. Moreno also defends the thesis that menstruation adds some uniqueness to the function of the feminine psyche and, therefore, modifies the responsibility of a woman's actions. We also comment on the predominant approach to the mind of women in the Spanish scientific psychology of that time and the reaction of the Spanish feminist intellectuals.

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