Elements of Psychophysical TheoryThis book presents the basic concepts of classical psychophysics, derived from Gustav Fechner, as seen from the perspective of modern measurement theory. The theoretical discussion is elucidated with examples and numerous problems, and solutions to one-quarter of the problems are provided in the text. |
Contents
Preliminaries | 3 |
On the Uniqueness of Models and Representations | 4 |
Laws Versus Models | 6 |
On the Content of This Book | 7 |
Notation and Conventions | 9 |
Part I BACKGROUND | 11 |
Part II THEORY | 111 |
References | 353 |
Answers or Hints to Selected Exercises | 366 |
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