On the psychophysical law

Stevens, S. S. (1957). On the psychophysical law. Psychological Review, 64(3), 153-181.

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Journal article

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Year

1957

Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046162matched

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pharmacology_toxicology

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• Threshold
  • The threshold construct makes visible what linear thinking obscures: the concentration of system sensitivity at the critical value, a perspective Stevens (1957) systematized in his power-law account of psychophysics, where threshold-relative magnitudes—not absolute inputs—drive perceived response.

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