psychoˈphysicist
Also with hyphen.
[f. psychophysic + -ist.]
One versed in psychophysics.
| 1886 Gurney, etc. Phantasms of Living I. Introd. 44 We look..for aid to the most recent group of physiological inquirers, to the psycho-physicists. 1901 Oxford Mag. 4 Dec. 141/1 The experimental school of the modern psycho⁓physicists is ignored. 1951 S. S. Stevens Handbk. Exper. Psychol. i. 43/2 The psychophysicists have elaborated subtle measures that try to transcend the inconstancy of the mercurial response. 1975 Nature 20 Nov. 201/1 Even though psychophysicists do not necessarily share this confidence, it is worth trying to relate the neurophysiology to measurable psychophysical function. |