psychophysics
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Etymology
Origin of psychophysics
From the German word Psychophysik, dating back to 1875–80. See psycho-, physics
Vocabulary lists containing psychophysics
Example Sentences
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The researchers used online tools to test and verify these predictions by running psychophysics experiments with human participants.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
He knew from his study of psychophysics that she was working against a fundamental biological obstacle.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018
From my student research into motor psychophysics, I knew that this random, uncoordinated motion could be easily ignored; to the players, it’s white noise.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2015
But there is also a scientific discipline, psychophysics, dedicated to investigating our sensual interactions with materials.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2013
To his own theory, though, unlike his philosophical system, it has always failed to gain the attention he predicted for it, the merit must be allowed of treating the problem as essentially one of psychophysics.
From Schopenhauer by Whittaker, Thomas
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