psychophysics Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects

WordNet


Psy`cho*phys"ics noun
Etymology
Psycho- + physics.
Definitions
  1. The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul.

Webster 1913