A systematic archival inquiry on Juan Huarte de San Juan (1529–88).

[[Examen de Ingenios historyJuan HuarteTrial of Men’s Wits psychiatrypsychology ]] Juan Huarte de San Juan (1529–88) was a physician of the Spanish Renaissance. He wrote the Examen de Ingenios para las Ciencias, translated as The Trial of Men’s Wits (1989[1575–94]), a book that has been acknowledged as a precursor of educational psychology, organizational psychology, behaviorism, neuropsychology and psychiatry. Huarte suggested that before beginning a course of study, students’ intellectual capabilities (i.