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Psychology Revivals The Wave Theory of Difference and Similarity Two experimental procedures prompted the empirical development of psy chophysical models: those that measure response frequency, often referred to as response probability; and those that measure response time, sometimes referred to as reaction time. The history of psychophysics is filled with the ories that predict one or the other of these two responses. Yet the persistent reappearance of empirical relationships between these two measures of per formance makes clear the need for a theory that both predicts and relates these two measures. Most likely, both response measures are the result of a single process that generates empirical laws relating response time and response probability. It is this process — its theory, description, and application — that is the topic of The Wave Theory of Difference and Similarity. Originally published in 1992, the author of this book has set out to provide a theoretical foundation for formulating new theories that systematize earlier results and to stimulate new concepts and introduce new tools for exploring mental phe nomena and improving mental measurement. The Wave Theory of Difference and Similarity Stephen W. Link O Routledge Taylor&FrancisGroup LONDONANDNEWYORK First published in 1992 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. This edition first published in 2020 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1992 Stephen W. Link All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and welcomes correspondence from those they have been unable to contact. A Library of Congress record exists under ISBN: 0805809260 ISBN: 978-0-367-15046-4 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-05470-9 (ebk) SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY SERIES Monographs Stephen W. Link • The Wave Theory of Difference and Similarity . William R Uttal •The Swimmer: An Integrated Computational Model of a Perceptual-Motor System SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY SERIES Edited Volumes Hans-Georg Geissler, Stephen W. Link, and James T. Townsend • Cognition, Information Processing, and Psychophysics: Basic Issues . F Gregory Ashby • Multidimensional Models of Perception and Cognition THE WAVE THEORY OF DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY Stephen W. Link |E& LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES,PUBLISHERS 1992 Hillsdale,New Jersey Hove and London Copyright © 1992 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. Nopartof the book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrievalsystem,oranyother means, without thepriorwritten permission of the publisher. LawrenceErlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 365 Broadway Hillsdale, New Jersey07642 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-Publication Data Link, Stephen W. Wave theoryofdifference andsimilarity /Stephen W. Link, p. .cm. Includes bibliographical referencesand indexes. ISBN0-8058-0926-0 1. Psychophysics. 2. Similarity judgment. 3. Difference (Psychology) 4. Wave-discrimination, Theoryof. I. Title. BF237.L46 1992 152.8— dc20 91-27650 CIP To Richard Atkinson and William Estes
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