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A Neural Mechanism for Discrimination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

A. S. Householder
A. S. Householder*
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The University of Chicago
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Abstract

A mechanism for localizing different stimulus intensities within the nervous system, essentially as described by Rashevsky, is considered in first approximation. The mechanism is central, and therefore general. There results a one-parameter family of theoretical curves, graphs of the Weber (discriminal) ratio against stimulus intensity. Comparisons are made with experimental visual, acoustical, and tactual data.

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Psychometrika , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1939, pp. 45 - 58
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Copyright © 1939 The Psychometric Society

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