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Sensory Neuroscience: Four Laws of Psychophysics

Sensory Neuroscience:Four Laws of Psychophysics examines both psychophysics, the science of relationships between human sensations, and the stimuli that evoke them. More specifically, it defines four multisensory relationships of great generality between sensation magnitudes and the underlying stimu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zwislocki, Jozef J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Stevens' Power Law: Definition and Genesis
  • Theory of Magnitude Estimation
  • Magnitude Production and Magnitude Balance
  • Cross-modal Matching and Transitivity.-Relevant Theory of Measurement
  • Validity of the Power Law
  • Generality
  • The Context Problem
  • Physiological Correlates
  • Law of Asymptotic Linearity: Definition and Genesis
  • Underlying Biophysical Process
  • Generality
  • Law of Additivity: Definition and Consistency with Ratio Scaling
  • Further Validation of the Law for Loudness
  • Generality
  • General Law of Differential Sensitivity: Introduction
  • Weber's Fraction Independent of the Rate of Response Growth
  • The Generalized Law of Differential Sensitivity
  • Index.