psychophysics
noun
the branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and resulting sensations and mental states.
psychophysic
-
a word derived from
psychophysics.
Example Sentences
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Even from the psychophysic standpoint it is a correct instinct which has slowly led churches to center so much of their cultus upon regeneration.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
But if expressive movements occur, the motor pathways must be particularly unresisting in order to take up the overflow of psychophysic energy.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
