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Weber–Fechner law

psychophysics law that the minimum perceptible increase of stimulus is proportional to the stimulus and that intensity of our sensation increases logarithmically
Thing scientific_law Q835216

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
scientific law
Part of
psychological terminology[3]
Defining formula
p=k\ln\frac S{S_0}
Described by source
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5][6][7][8]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[13]
Named after
Ernst Heinrich Weber, Gustav Fechner[1][2]
Statement disputed by
Henri Bergson[4]
Studied by
psychophysics, experimental psychology, neuroscience, physiology[9][10][11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Weber–Fechner law en Weber-Fechner law ar قانون ويبر-فيشنر cs Weberův-Fechnerův zákon da Weber–Fechners lov da Fechners lov de Weber-Fechner-Gesetz de Fechnersches Gesetz de Weber-Regel de Webersches Gesetz es Ley de Weber Fechner es Ley de Fechner es Ley de Weber-Fechner fi Weberin–Fechnerin laki fr Loi de Bouguer-Weber fr Loi de Fechner fr Loi de Weber fr loi de Weber-Fechner fr Seuil différentiel relatif he חוק פכנר
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85145886
BNCF Thesaurus ID
36763
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/Webers-law
Freebase ID
/m/01p269
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
llei-de-weber-fechner
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0071923
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Webers_lov
Harper's tag
weber-fechner-law
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
weber-fechner-law
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
203523406
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007553645805171
ScienceDirect topic ID
engineering/weber-fechner-law
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
brmjqdmn
WikiSkripta article ID
1459

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Studied by 4
physiology, neuroscience, experimental psychology, psychophysics
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia
Named after 2
Gustav Fechner, Ernst Heinrich Weber
Instance of 1
scientific law
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Statement disputed by 1
Henri Bergson
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Ernst Heinrich Weber Gustav Fechner Henri Bergson neuroscience physiology

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  1. 23w ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WikiSkripta article ID → 1459
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ WikiSkripta article ID: 1459, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78318081|Weber-Fechnerův zákon (#78318081)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2686|WikiSkripta"
  2. 24w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Part of → psychological terminology
    Harper's tag → weber-fechner-law
    Instance of → scientific law
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