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

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-141

  Dzhafarov, Ehtibar N ^a,b   Colonius, Hans ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous stimulus space; Discrete stimulus space; Discrimination probability; Fechnerian distance; Fechnerian scaling; Psychometric length; Regular minimality; Same different comparisons; Self dissimilarity; Subjective dissimilarity; Subjective distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044405842     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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