psychophysically

psychophysics /psy·cho·phys·ics/ (-fiz´iks) scientific study of quantitative relations between characteristics or patterns of physical stimuli and the sensations induced by them.

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The branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and sensory response.

psychophysics

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Etymology: Gk, psyche + physikos, natural

the branch of psychology concerned with the relationships between physical stimuli and sensory responses.

psychophysics [si″ko-fiz´iks]

scientific study of the quantitative relations between characteristics or patterns of physical stimuli and the sensations induced by them.

psychophysics

Branch of science that deals with the relationship between the physical stimuli and the sensory response. The measurements of thresholds (e.g. visual acuity, dark adaptation) or matching of stimuli (as in the spectral luminous efficiency curve) are examples of psychophysics. See experimental optometry.

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Studies have shown that the severity of AMD patients' night-driving difficulties are associated with the severity of their scotopic (rod-mediated) visual dysfunction, as measured psychophysically (Owsley, McGwin, Scilley, & Kallies, 2006; Scilley et al.

Driving and age-related macular degeneration by Owsley, Cynthia; McGwin, Gerald, Jr. / Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

MP optical density was measured psychophysically using heterochromatic flicker photometry, serum L and Z were quantified by HPLC, and dietary intake of L and Z was assessed using a validated food-frequency questionnaire.

Risk factors for age-related maculopathy are associated with a ... by Life Extension

486, 486-87 (1991) (dividing behavioral biases into strategy, associational, and psychophysically based errors and contending that the benefits obtained from the biases generally outweigh the costs of the biases).

Behavioral economics and the SEC by Choi, Stephen J.; Pritchard, A.C. / Stanford Law Review

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