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A Contribution to the Mathematical Biophysics of Psychophysical Discrimination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

H. D. Landahl
H. D. Landahl*
Affiliation:
The University of Chicago
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Abstract

The properties of a simple neural mechanism are developed theoretically and interpreted in terms of observable variables. The results are discussed in connection with experimental data in cases for which the latter are available.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 1938 , pp. 107 - 125
Copyright
Copyright © 1938 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

*

Cf. discussion given by N. Rashevsky; and for experimental data, the works of Adrian and Hecht.

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