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Reconciling Fechner and Stevens?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Donald Laming
Donald Laming
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England CB2 3EB. Electronic mail: drjl%phx.cam.ac.uk
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 188 - 191
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