Psychophysics

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Noun

1
The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of physical stimuli on mental processes. uncountable
2
the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects wordnet

Synonyms

acoustics astrophysics biophysics cryogenics crystallography electronics

Etymology

From psycho- + physics.

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