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  2. Weber–Fechner law - Wikipedia

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    Both Weber's law and Fechner's law were formulated by Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801–1887). They were first published in 1860 in the work Elemente der Psychophysik ( Elements of Psychophysics ). This publication was the first work ever in this field, and where Fechner coined the term psychophysics to describe the interdisciplinary study of how ...

  3. Just-noticeable difference - Wikipedia

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    This rule was first discovered by Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795–1878), an anatomist and physiologist, in experiments on the thresholds of perception of lifted weights. A theoretical rationale (not universally accepted) was subsequently provided by Gustav Fechner , so the rule is therefore known either as the Weber Law or as the Weber–Fechner ...

  4. Ernst Heinrich Weber - Wikipedia

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    Ernst Heinrich Weber (24 June 1795 – 26 January 1878) [1] was a German physician who is considered one of the founders of experimental psychology.He was an influential and important figure in the areas of physiology and psychology during his lifetime and beyond.

  5. Sensory threshold - Wikipedia

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    The first systematic studies to determine sensory thresholds were conducted by Ernst Heinrich Weber, a physiologist and pioneer of experimental psychology at the Leipzig University. [3] His experiments were intended to determine the absolute and difference, or differential, thresholds.

  6. Psychophysics - Wikipedia

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    Psychophysics quantitatively investigates the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce. Psychophysics has been described as "the scientific study of the relation between stimulus and sensation" [1] or, more completely, as "the analysis of perceptual processes by studying the effect on a subject's experience or behaviour of systematically varying the ...

  7. Heinrich Friedrich Weber - Wikipedia

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    Albert Einstein considered Weber a doctoral advisor. Following a bitter disagreement with Weber, Einstein switched to Alfred Kleiner. [3] [4] Heinrich Weber was both Einstein's and Mileva Marić's thesis advisor, and he gave their respective papers the two lowest essay grades in the class, with 4.5 and 4.0, respectively, on a scale of 1 to 6. [5]

  8. Heinrich Martin Weber - Wikipedia

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    Heinrich Martin Weber (5 March 1842, Heidelberg, Germany – 17 May 1913, Straßburg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire, now Strasbourg, France) was a German mathematician. [1] Weber's main work was in algebra , number theory , and analysis .

  9. Heinrich Weber - Wikipedia

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    Heinrich Weber may refer to: Heinrich Friedrich Weber (1843–1912), German physicist; Heinrich Martin Weber (1842–1913), German mathematician; Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878), German physician and psychologist; Heinrich Emil Weber, Swiss mathematician, one of the designers of the NEMA encryption system; Heinrich Weber (footballer) (1900 ...