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Psychophysical Methods

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A brief description of classical and modern psychophysical techniques and the theory motivating these techniques is presented. Generally, it is desirable to employ those psychophysical techniques which permit separation of sensory sensitivity from response proclivity. Extant data obtained using methods which do not specifically control for response criteria are compared with those that do. Implications of these data for psychophysical results from animals are discussed.

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  1. Psychology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA

    Merrilyn J. Penner

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  1. Institut für Zoologie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85748, Garching, Germany

    G. M. Klump

  2. Psychology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA

    R. J. Dooling

  3. Department of Psychology Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60626, USA

    R. R. Fay

  4. Psychology Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1346, USA

    W. C. Stebbins

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Penner, M.J. (1995). Psychophysical Methods. In: Klump, G.M., Dooling, R.J., Fay, R.R., Stebbins, W.C. (eds) Methods in Comparative Psychoacoustics. BioMethods. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7463-2_5

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