Sensory Neuroscience: Four Laws of Psychophysics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zwislocki, Jozef J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.