Growth of sensation on seven continua as measured by force of handgrip

Growth of sensation on seven continua as measured by force of handgrip

College students as well as professional personnel produced forces on a hand dynamometer to match various levels of subjective intensity for 5 kinds of stimuli (electric current, light, noise, tone, vibration). The forms of the 5 equal-sensation functions can be predicted by the ratio scales of subj...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 60 - 67
Main Authors: Stevens, Joseph C, Mack, Joel D, Stevens, S. S
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Psychological Association 01-01-1960
Subjects:
Biological Phenomena
College Students
Hand Strength
Human
Humans
Motor Performance
Motor Processes
Old Medline
Physiological Phenomena
Professional Personnel
Sensation
Stimulus Intensity
SENSATION
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Summary:College students as well as professional personnel produced forces on a hand dynamometer to match various levels of subjective intensity for 5 kinds of stimuli (electric current, light, noise, tone, vibration). The forms of the 5 equal-sensation functions can be predicted by the ratio scales of subjective intensity determined independently by the procedure of numerical estimation. The results add further evidence to the validity of the general psychophysical law that subjective magnitude grows as a power function of stimulus magnitude.
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ISSN:0022-1015
1946-1941
DOI:10.1037/h0040746