Definitions for psychophysics
ˌsaɪ koʊˈfɪz ɪkspsy·chophysics

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1. psychophysicsnoun

   the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects

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1. psychophysicsnoun

   The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of physical stimuli on mental processes

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1. Psychophysicsnoun

   the science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul

2. Etymology: [Psycho- + physics.]

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1. Psychophysics

   Psychophysics quantitatively investigates the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they affect. Psychophysics has been described as "the scientific study of the relation between stimulus and sensation" or, more completely, as "the analysis of perceptual processes by studying the effect on a subject's experience or behaviour of systematically varying the properties of a stimulus along one or more physical dimensions". Psychophysics also refers to a general class of methods that can be applied to study a perceptual system. Modern applications rely heavily on threshold measurement, ideal observer analysis, and signal detection theory. Psychophysics has widespread and important practical applications. As just one example, in the study of digital signal processing, psychophysics has informed the development of models and methods of lossy compression. These models explain why humans perceive very little loss of signal quality when audio and video signals are formatted using lossy compression.

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1. Psychophysics

   The science dealing with the correlation of the physical characteristics of a stimulus, e.g., frequency or intensity, with the response to the stimulus, in order to assess the psychologic factors involved in the relationship.

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1. • Experimental Psychology

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=psychophysics
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Psychophysics
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychophysics
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=psychophysics