Psychophysics without physics: extension of Fechnerian scaling from continuous to discrete and discrete-continuous stimulus spaces

DOI10.1016/j.jmp.2004.12.001zbMath1181.91285OpenAlexW2093426903MaRDI QIDQ2483822

Hans Colonius, Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov

Publication date: 1 August 2005

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2004.12.001

zbMATH Keywords

Fechnerian distanceregular minimalityFechnerian scalingdiscrimination probabilitycontinuous stimulus spacediscrete stimulus spacesubjective distancepsychometric lengthsame-different comparisonsself-dissimilaritysubjective dissimilarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception (91E30)

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