附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and indexes.
1. The Origins of a Controversy -- 2. Can Sensation Be Measured? -- 3. Fechner's Law -- The Normal Model -- 4. A Reinterpretation of Sensory Discrimination -- the X[superscript 2] 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?
摘要:S.S. Stevens' famous paper, On the psychophysical law, ignited a controversy relating to people's subjective judgements of physical reality. This brings together a diversity of ideas and a wealth of experimental evidence, and provides a challenging perspective on the question which has fragmented the research community for nearly 40 years.
