The Measurement of Sensation
The Measurement of Sensation
|
ISBN: |
9780198523420 |
|
Binding: |
Hardback |
|
Published: |
1 Jul 1997 |
|
Availability: |
|
|
Series: |
$343.00 AUD
$441.99 NZD
Add To CartDescription
The publication in 1957 of S.S. Stevens' famous paper, On the psychophysical law, ignited a controversy which has continued ever since relating to people's subjective judgements of physical reality. Why is it that the perception of sensation can diverge so sharply from the magnitude of the stimulus? How should sensation be measured? Donald Laming brings together a diversity of ideas and a wealth of experimental evidence, and provides a challenging new
perspective on the question which has fragmented the research community for nearly 40 years.
Contents
1: The origins of a controversy
2: Can sensation be measured?
3: Fehcner's law - the normal model
4: A reinterpretation of sensory discrimination - the chi-squared model
5: Stevens' power law
6: The physiological basis of sensation
7: Scaling sensation
8: Matching just noticeable differences
9: Judging relations between sensations
10: The psychophysical primitive
11: Why Stevens' law is a power law
12: The stimulus range
13: How then can sensation be measured?
2: Can sensation be measured?
3: Fehcner's law - the normal model
4: A reinterpretation of sensory discrimination - the chi-squared model
5: Stevens' power law
6: The physiological basis of sensation
7: Scaling sensation
8: Matching just noticeable differences
9: Judging relations between sensations
10: The psychophysical primitive
11: Why Stevens' law is a power law
12: The stimulus range
13: How then can sensation be measured?
Authors
Donald Laming , Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge