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The measure constant in the psychophysical power equation can have at least 12 distinct referents. These depend upon standardized (SI) units of measurement of the physical stimulus, psychophysical method, group and individual differences in judgment, modality- or quality-specific differences, special sensory/perceptual characteristics, characteristics of central/peripheral processing, pathological differences in sensory/perceptual reaction, and differences in the transformation of distal to proximal stimuli.
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Preparation of this paper was supported by Grant F 340/82 to Gunnar Borg from the Swedish Council for Research on the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Borg, G.A.V., Marks, L.E. Twelve meanings of the measure constant in psychophysical power functions. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 21, 73–75 (1983). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329958
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