Wilhelm Wundt’s Laboratory

Wilhelm Wundt’s Laboratory
Wundt (seated) with colleagues in his psychological laboratory
Origin	Wilhelm Wundt
Type	Laboratory
Effects	Causes a person to use introspection to understand themselves
Downsides	Will leave the user trapped within their own mind
Activation	Entering and then exiting
Collected by	Warehouse 13
Section	Psyche-764
Date of Collection	January 23, 2006
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Origin

Wilhelm Wundt was the founder of modern day psychology as a separate scientific field of study. He had a laboratory at the University of Leipzig and tested on mental disorders, abnormal behavior, religious beliefs and brain damage. Many of his students became important figures later on in psychological research. Wundt was most famous for his use of introspection, a method where a person self-examines their own mind to learn more about their oneself.

Effects

The lab contains scientific equipment widely used from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in scientific and psychological experiments. They can all be used to perform tests but possess no extraordinary or unusual properties. The object with anomalous abilities is actually the room itself. Any object brought into or out from the lab will gain no strange effects.

When one enters the room, they can successfully use introspection to understand themselves as what kind of person they truly are, past and present. However, once they leave the room, the introspection ability will take over and cause them to keep re-examining their life, effectively trapping the user within their own mind. It can only be neutralized if the person re-enters the room; afterwards, exiting the room for a second time will have no effect.

Storage

It has been debated for years whether to store it in the science, trap, or architecture sections, so it has taken up semi-permanent residence within the Ovoid Quarantine while it waits. Only recently has it been moved to the psychology section, where it appears to be happy and more importantly, inert.