title: On the psychophysical law: an information theory interpretation.
abstract: For more than a century Fechner's psychophysical law has been the subject of dispute and debate. Fechner based his law on Weber's indisputable observations and measurements. Yet, using these observations as a starting point, but measuring information instead of sensation, one may arrive at numerical laws quite different from Fechner's psychophysical law.
mesh_terms: D004056:Differential Threshold; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007257:Information Theory; D008433:Mathematics; D011601:Psychophysics; D012677:Sensation; D012858:Size Perception; D014892:Weight Perception