Walter Miles & His 1920 Grand Tour of European Physiology & Psychology Laboratories

During his career, Walter Miles developed his own apparatuses, such as a pursuit meter for measuring the learning and performance of tracking and an ataxiameter for quantitative studies on the effects of various dosages of alcohol on psychomotor performance. His many honors include the APA presidency in 1931-1932, the Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists in 1949, and the Gold Medal from the American Psychological Foundation in 1962. He died on May 15, 1978, at the age of ninety-three. C. James Goodwin is a professor of experimental psychology at Western Carolina University. He specializes in spatial cognition, autobiographical memory, the history of experimental psychology, and the history of laboratory apparatus. Lizette Royer is the reference archivist at the Archives of the History of American Psychology.