Psychophysics Introduction to Its Perceptual, Neural and Social Prospects
Auteur : Stevens S.S.
Psychophysics is a lively account by one of experimental psychology's seminal figures of his lifelong scientific quest for general laws governing human behavior. It is a landmark work that captures the fundamental themes of Stevens's experimental research and his vision of what psycho-physics and psychology are and can be. The context of this modern classic is detailed by Lawrence Marks's pungent and highly revealing introduction.
The search for a general psychophysical law?a mathematical equation relating sensation to stimulus?pervades this work, first published in 1975. Stevens covers methods of measuring human psychophysical behavior: magnitude estimation, magnitude production, and cross-modality matching are used to examine sensory mechanisms, perceptual processes, and social consensus. The wisdom in this volume lies in its exposition of an approach that can apply generally to the study of human behavior
Date de parution : 09-2017
15.2x22.9 cm
Thème de Psychophysics :
Mots-clés :
Magnitude Estimation; magnitude; Cross-modality Matching; estimation; Basilar Membrane; Prothetic Continuum; Partition Scale; Pure Tone; Tone; Power Function; Intramodal Matching; Metathetic Continua; Category Scale; Magnitude Scale; Stimulus Range; Log Log Coordinates; Magnitude Production; Virtual Exponent; Stimulus Level; Equal Loudness Contours; Psychophysical Power Law; Order Bias; Bisection Point; Masked Threshold; Octave Band; Cochlear Microphonic; Regression Effect