<p>Research articles by Igor Dolgov (NMSU) and Mike McBeath (ASU) are good research-grade articles on this topic.  They are both active scientists with well-referenced papers.  I chose to work around them because of the quality of their ideas. </p>

<p>Dolgov is more focused on Ecological perceptual models.  McBeath is an illusion 'junkie'.  Bother have done much work related to sports phenomenon, including perceptual motion biases.</p>

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<p>Try to find following authors and researches:
Fechner, S.S. Stevens and Weber.</p>

<p>Those experiments are easily to reproduce... New psychophysic is melted with neuroscience in some way.</p>

<p>a/ it is easy to reproduce if you don't have expensive equipment; b/ it shows how physics and psychology shows outer and inner world respectively ie. on physics side you can measure intensity of light and on psychology side you can measure if participant saw this intensity of light, after that you can check hypotheses with simple statistical procedures like chi-square or student t-test and c/historical reasons </p>

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Can you elaborate a little bit on why these authors and papers are pertinent for future readers of the question?
Chuck Sherrington
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In my opinion it is important because of three reasons: a/ it is easy to reproduce if you don't have expensive equipment; b/ it shows how physics and psychology shows outer and inner world respectively ie. on physics side you can measure intensity of light and on psychology side you can measure if participant saw this intensity of light, after that you can check hypotheses with simple statistical procedures like chi-square or student t-test and c/historical reasons
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@user1406647 Please update your answer to reflect what you have said in your comment, such that this information is more easily accessible by other users :)
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<p>Is there any introductory-level material available on psychophysics that you can recommend to someone without a background in cognitive sciences? Visual stimuli is the main area of interest.</p>

<p><em>Edit</em>: Question has been narrowed down in response to comments</p>

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Could you narrow down your question a bit? As it stands now, it's too broad to get an exact answer.
Chuck Sherrington
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@ChuckSherrington I hope that this is now narrow enough
awdz9nld
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Ah, okay, yes the "visual stimuli" portion was what I was after.  Thanks!  Psychophysics is a huge field, so that will help someone get you the answer you actually want.
Chuck Sherrington
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Introductory material on psychophysics with a focus on visual stimuli
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# Introductory material on psychophysics with a focus on visual stimuli

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-04)

Is there any introductory-level material available on psychophysics that you can recommend to someone without a background in cognitive sciences? Visual stimuli is the main area of interest.

*Edit*: Question has been narrowed down in response to comments

**Tags:** reference-request, psychophysics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could you narrow down your question a bit? As it stands now, it's too broad to get an exact answer.  
> **username_0**: @ChuckSherrington I hope that this is now narrow enough  
> **username_1**: Ah, okay, yes the "visual stimuli" portion was what I was after.  Thanks!  Psychophysics is a huge field, so that will help someone get you the answer you actually want.  
> **username_0**: @what English and Swedish  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-07-09. Score: 3

Research articles by Igor Dolgov (NMSU) and Mike McBeath (ASU) are good research-grade articles on this topic. They are both active scientists with well-referenced papers. I chose to work around them because of the quality of their ideas.

Dolgov is more focused on Ecological perceptual models. McBeath is an illusion 'junkie'. Bother have done much work related to sports phenomenon, including perceptual motion biases.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-07-05. Score: 2

Try to find following authors and researches:
Fechner, S.S. Stevens and Weber.

Those experiments are easily to reproduce... New psychophysic is melted with neuroscience in some way.

a/ it is easy to reproduce if you don't have expensive equipment; b/ it shows how physics and psychology shows outer and inner world respectively ie. on physics side you can measure intensity of light and on psychology side you can measure if participant saw this intensity of light, after that you can check hypotheses with simple statistical procedures like chi-square or student t-test and c/historical reasons

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you elaborate a little bit on why these authors and papers are pertinent for future readers of the question?  
> **username_3**: In my opinion it is important because of three reasons: a/ it is easy to reproduce if you don't have expensive equipment; b/ it shows how physics and psychology shows outer and inner world respectively ie. on physics side you can measure intensity of light and on psychology side you can measure if participant saw this intensity of light, after that you can check hypotheses with simple statistical procedures like chi-square or student t-test and c/historical reasons  
> **username_0**: @user1406647 Please update your answer to reflect what you have said in your comment, such that this information is more easily accessible by other users :)  

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