The determination of ‘thresholds’ still plays a major role in contemporary psychophysical research
Of course, researchers are aware of the problems
with the different techniques and design their
experiments using the best techniques.
Thought experiments:
Which method would you use (or avoid) if you wanted to obtain a threshold measurement:
a) as quickly as possible?
b) for an elderly person?
c) with information about points around the threshold?
d) to compare cross-cultural groups?
e) when adaptation was a concern?
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