method of equal-appearing intervals

method of equal-appearing intervals

in psychophysics, a procedure in which magnitudes between pairs of stimuli are adjusted so that the differences between stimuli within each pair are perceived as equal. Also called method of equal sense differences; method of mean gradations.

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