Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Psychophysics

The science dealing with the correlation of the physical characteristics of a stimulus, e.g., frequency or intensity, with the response to the stimulus, in order to assess the psychologic factors involved in the relationship.

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Abstract

The science dealing with the correlation of the physical characteristics of a stimulus, e.g., frequency or intensity, with the response to the stimulus, in order to assess the psychologic factors involved in the relationship.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Psychophysic

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

Specialty: IM, NIM coordinate, no qualification; PSYCHOACOUSTICS is also available

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History Note

70

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Previous Indexing

  • Perception (1966-1969)

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  1. E01w.370.685w
  2. F04.096w.753w

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NLM Classification

WL 702

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychophysics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011601. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011601
  2. Psychophysics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysics
  3. Psychophysics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500096