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
The founders of psychophysics were the first to treat psychology as an experimental and quantifiable science.
From Scientific American • Jun. 28, 2013
No other example can be used here, because on the rocky problem of the occurrence of images are shattered even the regulative arts of most modern psychophysics.
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf
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