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THE claim that the true psychophysical law is a power function1 instead of a logarithmic2 law has led to a number of misunderstandings about the real significance of Stevens's point of view.
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HOREMAN, H. Neural Effects and the Psychophysical Law. Nature 200, 1241 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001241a0
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