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Psychophysics in Action

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Gunilla Ljunggren

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Stan Dornic

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introductory Philosophical Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Borg’s Postulate and the Philosophy of Mind

      • Paul T. Sagal
      Pages 3-8

  3. Theoretical and Experimental Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Data-Equivalent Models in Psychophysics: Examples and Reflections

      • Hannes Eisler
      Pages 11-24

    3. What Happens When We Compare Two Stimuli?

      • Åke Hellström
      Pages 25-39

    4. Human Self-Assessment Process Theory: An Eight-Factor Model of Human Performance and Learning; and Everyman’s Causation

      • Darwin P. Hunt, Michelle R. Sams
      Pages 41-53

    5. For Hedgehogs and Foxes: Individual Differences in the Perception of Cross-Modal Similarity

      • Lawrence E. Marks
      Pages 55-65

    6. Deceptive Psychophysics: The Probe-Signal Method and Focused Attention

      • Bertram Scharf, Camille-Aimé Possamaï, Anne-Marie Bonnel
      Pages 67-80

    7. Static and Dynamic Exertion: A Psychophysical Similarity and Dissimilarity

      • Joseph C. Stevens
      Pages 81-93

    8. The Study of Individuals in Psychophysical Measurement

      • Robert Teghtsoonian
      Pages 95-102

  4. Physiological and Clinical Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Rating of Perceived Exertion in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Aspects

      • Oded Bar-Or
      Pages 105-113

    3. Comparison of Rated Perceived Exertion and Constant Effort During Cycling Exercise

      • William A. Latzka, Stephen R. Muza, Leslie Levine, Kent B. Pandolf
      Pages 115-124

    4. Rating of Perception of Symptoms as an Aid in Medical Diagnostic Exercise Testing

      • Håkan Linderholm
      Pages 125-140

    5. Differential Effect of Blood Lactic Acid and pH on Peripheral Exertional Perceptions

      • Robert J. Robertson, Kenneth F. Metz
      Pages 141-151

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 153-160
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About this book

Gunnar A. V. Borg was born in Stockholm on 28. November 1927. Educated at Stockholm University, he obtained his Ph. D. from the University of Lund in 1962. Subsequently he held various teaching and research appointments at the University of Umea in northern Sweden, where he also served as President of the Graduate School of Social Work and Public Administration in 1966-1967. In 1971 he was appointed Professor at Stockholm University, where he headed the Institute of Applied Psychology for over a decade. Since 1980 he has been at Stockholm University's Department of Psychology, and in 1987 he received a Professorship in Perception and Psychophysics. Over the last 20 years he has held several visiting appointments abroad, particularly in the USA, and has lectured at many universi­ ties both in and outside Europe. From the beginning of Gunnar's research career, his thinking has been affected by Gestalt psychology as well as by some principles of theoretical philosophy. The former has not only influenced Gunnar's early unconventional works on "gestalt strength" but also one of his major areas of thinking, the notion of "total perceived effort," which can be seen as a "gestalt" underlain by a variety of sensory data. The philosophical influence is obvious: Gunnar's papers reveal an abiding concern with epistemological issues, issues that are linked to his persistent attempts at making interindividual comparisons.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

    Gunilla Ljunggren, Stan Dornic

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychophysics in Action

  • Editors: Gunilla Ljunggren, Stan Dornic

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74382-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-74384-9Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-74382-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 160

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Psychoanalysis

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