William James, Gustav Fechner, and early psychophysics

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 2 OCT, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hawkins, Stephanie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gustav Fechner; History of psychology; Neuroscience; Philosophy; Psychophysics; William James

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866146613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00068     Document Type: Article

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