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Fechner's legacy in psychology : 150 years of elementary psychophysics /

This collection celebrates the 150th anniversary of Fechner's book on Psychophysics (originally published ten years after his epiphany of Oct. 22, 1850). Topics include modern assessments of the problems with which Fechner wrestled. Also included are more general discussions of psychophysical m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Solomon, Joshua A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface: Commemorating Elemente der Psychophysik; Fechner's Law: Where Does the Log Transform Come From?; Fechner's Elusive Parallel Law; Magnitude of Perceived Change in Natural Images May Be Linearly Proportional to Differences in Neuronal Firing Rates; Measuring Perceptual Hysteresis with the Modified Method of Limits: Dynamics at the Threshold; Functional Adaptive Sequential Testing; A Criterion Setting Theory of Discrimination Learning that Accounts for Anisotropies and Context Effects.