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sensation unit

sensation unit In historical psychophysics, a sensation unit is Fechner’s proposed basic unit of feeling, identified with a just-perceptible increase in stimulation.

In historical psychophysics, a sensation unit is Fechner’s proposed basic unit of feeling, identified with a just-perceptible increase in stimulation. He treated sensations as if they were built up from equal units of this kind across the scale of intensity.

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Drafting source: William James, Principles of Psychology, volume 1. 1890 original; Gutenberg ebook 57628; snapshot required. “William James, The Principles of Psychology, volume 1, 1890” (fca72454f1995c69b072).
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