A Neural Mechanism for Discrimination
- 1 March 1939
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychometrika
- Vol. 4 (1) , 45-58
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02287992
Abstract
A mechanism for localizing different stimulus intensities within the nervous system, essentially as described by Rashevsky, is considered in first approximation. The mechanism is central, and therefore general. There results a one-parameter family of theoretical curves, graphs of the Weber (discriminal) ratio against stimulus intensity. Comparisons are made with experimental visual, acoustical, and tactual data.Keywords
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