Does Stevens's power law for brightness extend to perceptual brightness averaging?

Psychological Record

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-186

  Bauer, Ben ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 67149131548     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03395657     Document Type: Article

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