Method for sensory scaling with animals.
Two pigeons were trained to peck at a transilluminated disk. The training procedure caused the rate of pecking to increase as a function of the luminance of the disk. The results suggest that the relation between apparent magnitude of light and physical intensity is a power function.
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D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae; D008027:Light; D011589:Psychology, Experimental; D014796:Visual Perception
PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION