psychophysics - Concepts

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Concepts

Stevens' Power Law - A psychophysical principle stating that the perceived intensity of a stimulus is a power function of its actual physical magnitude.
Sensation - The process by which sensory receptors detect physical stimuli from the environment and convert them into neural signals.
Weber's Law - The just-noticeable difference between two stimuli is a constant proportion of the original stimulus intensity.