Benjafield John G
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
J Hist Behav Sci. 2010 Winter;46(1):52-71. doi: 10.1002/jhbs.20409.
The golden section has been said by many to be the most beautiful proportion. Fechner was the first to investigate it experimentally, and several late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American psychologists followed up on his work. Among these were four prominent names: Lightner Witmer (1867-1956), Edward L. Thorndike (1874-1949), Robert S. Woodworth (1869-1962), and Robert M. Ogden (1877-1959). Why did such well-known psychologists bother with the golden section? In attempting to answer this question we discovered that the golden section was surprisingly well known during this period, not only in psychology but also in advertising and design. It would have been entirely congruent with their stature for prominent psychologists to take an interest in it.
许多人认为黄金分割是最完美的比例。费希纳是第一个对其进行实验研究的人，19世纪末20世纪初的几位美国心理学家继续跟进他的研究工作。其中有四个著名的名字：莱特纳·威特默（1867 - 1956）、爱德华·L·桑代克（1874 - 1949）、罗伯特·S·伍德沃思（1869 - 1962）和罗伯特·M·奥格登（1877 - 1959）。为什么这些知名心理学家会关注黄金分割呢？在试图回答这个问题的过程中，我们发现黄金分割在那个时期出人意料地广为人知，不仅在心理学领域，在广告和设计领域也是如此。杰出的心理学家对它产生兴趣与他们的身份地位完全相符。
