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Psychophysics

intensity discrimination for pure tones improves slightly with level, a small but systematic departure from Weber's law.

In psychophysics, near-miss to Weber's law refers to intensity discrimination for pure tones improves slightly with level, a small but systematic departure from Weber's law. This meaning comes from McGill (1968) in Perception & Psychophysics.[1]

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References

McGill, W. J., & Goldberg, J. P. (1968). A study of the near-miss involving Weber’s law and pure-tone intensity discrimination. Perception & Psychophysics, 4(2), 105-109. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03209518

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