Sigmund Freud is often referred to as the father of psychology. However this isn't correct, Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt is considered the father of psychology much more than Freud who came quite some time after. Wundt founded the first formal laboratories for psychological research at the University of Leipzig. By creating this laboratory he was able to explore the nature of religious beliefs, identify mental disorders and abnormal behavior, and map damaged areas of the human brain. By doing this he was able to establish Psychology as a separate science from other topics. He also formed the first journal for psychological research in 1881.