Method for Sensory Scaling with Animals
- 5 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 135 (3497) , 40-41
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.135.3497.40
Abstract
Two pigeons were trained to peck at a transilluminated disk. The training procedure caused the rate of pecking to increase as a function of the luminance of the disk. The results suggest that the relation between apparent magnitude of light and physical intensity is a power function.Keywords
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