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Stanley Smith Stevens

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Stanley Smith Stevens (1906-1973) was an American psychologist best known as the founder of Harvard's Psycho-Acoustical Laboratory and credited with the introduction of Stevens' power law.

Stevens authored a milestone textbook, the 1400+ page "Handbook of Experimental Psychology" (1950).

He was also one of the founding organizers of the Psychonomic Society.

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[edit] Books

Stevens, S.S.(1950) (ed.), Handbook of Experimental Psychology. Wiley, New York, pp. 1–49.


[edit] Book Chapters

  • Stevens, S.S. (1950) Mathematics, measurement, and psychophysics. In Stevens, S.S. (ed.), Handbook of Experimental Psychology. Wiley, New York, pp. 1–49.

[edit] Papers

  • Stevens, S.S. (1960) The psychophysics of sensory function. Am. Scient., 48, 226–253
  • Stevens, S.S. (1950) Mathematics, measurement, and psychophysics. In Stevens, S.S. (ed.), Handbook of Experimental Psychology. Wiley, New York, pp. 1–49.
  • Stevens, S.S. (1960) The psychophysics of sensory function. Am. Scient., 48, 226–253


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