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Weber's law and perceptual categories: Another teleological view

✍ Scribed by Michael H. Brill


Publisher
Springer
Year
1983
Tongue
English
Weight
250 KB
Volume
45
Category
Article
ISSN
1522-9602

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✦ Synopsis


As an alternative to optimum-processor models in which sensors attempt to circumvent internal and external noise, a mechanism-independent argument is presented for Weber's law in vision and hearing. In vision, the argument is that categories of objects should be independent of the light intensity on these objects. In hearing, sound categorization should be independent of the distance from the sound source. An analogous desideratum for computer-based image segmentation is also presented.