Explore how our sense of touch translates into measurable experiences.
This book examines how the intensity, area, and duration of skin stimulation shape what we feel, from simple touch to the sensation of pain. It blends clear experiments with practical insight into how measurements in psychophysics connect to everyday perception.
In systematic chapters, the author investigates dermal sensations, the differences between touch and temperature, and how subtle factors like stimulus duration and body location influence perception. The work emphasizes empirical methods and the challenges of quantifying mental phenomena, offering a careful look at thresholds, discriminations, and the role of subjective judgment in sensation research.
- Clear explanations of how intensity, area, and time of stimulation interact to produce sensations.
- Discussion of tactile and temperature senses, and how they relate to perceived heaviness or pain.
- Descriptions of experimental methods used to measure thresholds, constant errors, and confidence in judgments.
- Guidance on how results inform broader questions in experimental psychology and psychophysics.
Ideal for readers of psychology and sensation studies who want a grounded view of how measurements relate to subjective experience.