Systematic covariation of the parameters in the near-miss to Weber's law, pointing to a new law

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-250

  Doble, Christopher W ^a   Falmagne, Jean Claude ^b   Berg, Bruce G ^b   Southworth, Curt ^b  

^a ALEKS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Near miss to Weber's law; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646805782     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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