Psychophysics : The Fundamentals

ISBN-13: 9780805822816 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 446 str.

George A. Gescheider;Gescheider

Opis

This text is a foundation source for learning the basic principles of psychophysics. The coverage of the field is comprehensive, including topics ranging from the classical methods of threshold measurement, to the modern methods of detection theory, to psychophysical scaling of sensation magnitude.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Psychophysical Measurement of Thresholds: Differential Sensitivity. Psychophysical Measurement of Thresholds: Absolute Sensitivity. The Classical Psychophysical Methods. Classical Psychophysical Theory. The Theory of Signal Detection. Further Considerations of TSD. Procedures of TSD. Some Applications of TSD. The Measurement of Sensory Attributes and Discrimination Scales. Partition Scales. Psychophysical Ration Scaling. Evaluation of Ratio Scaling Methods. The Psychophysical Law. Some Fundamental Issues in Psychophysical Scaling.

O autorze

Gescheider, George A.