Historians of psychology, notably Boring, fostered Fechner's idea that Weber's law is the indispensable basis for the derivation of the logarithmic psychophysical law. However, it is shown here that... more
Historians of psychology, notably Boring, fostered Fechner's idea that Weber's law is the indispensable basis for the derivation of the logarithmic psychophysical law. However, it is shown here that Bernoulli in 1738 and Thurstone in 1931 derived the logarithmic law using principles other than Weber's law and that Fechner and Thurstone based their derivations on the principles originally employed by Bernoulli. It is concluded that awareness of researchers about Bernoulli's and Thurstone's derivations could expand the directions of research on the form of the psychophysical law. (c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Publication Date: 2009
Publication Name: Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Vittorio Benussi was the first researcher to demonstrate that, in perception, space and time are deeply intertwined. In particular, he showed the effect later known as “tau effect”, where the length of temporal intervals influence the... more
Vittorio Benussi was the first researcher to demonstrate that, in perception, space and time are deeply intertwined. In particular, he showed the effect later known as “tau effect”, where the length of temporal intervals influence the judgement on spatial distances. Although ...
Publication Name: 32nd ESHHS Conference, Würzburg, July 30th - August 2nd 2013. Abstract in S. A. Stock, P. Pietikäinen, & S. Levinson (Eds.), Book of Abstracts. 32nd ESHHS Conference, Würzburg, July 30th - August 2nd 2013 (pp. 33-34). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publisher.
... 2. Vittorio Benussi wurde am 17. Januar 1878 als Sohn von Ber-nardo Benussi und Maria Rizzi in Triest geboren. Hier verbrachte er Kindheit und Jugend. Seine Triestiner Herkunft trägt ua zum Verständnis der Spannungen und Widersprüche... more
... 2. Vittorio Benussi wurde am 17. Januar 1878 als Sohn von Ber-nardo Benussi und Maria Rizzi in Triest geboren. Hier verbrachte er Kindheit und Jugend. Seine Triestiner Herkunft trägt ua zum Verständnis der Spannungen und Widersprüche seines Charakters bei. ...