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Two groups of Ss judged a sequence of torque presentations with instructions that they fudge heaviness using category scale and magnitude estimation procedures. Power functions appropriately described the psychophysical relationship between the subjective estimations and g-cm. Subjective torque was classified as a prothetic judgment continuum based on two criteria.
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1. This research was supported by a Public Health Service Fellowship (1-F3-MH-12,312-01) from the National Institute of Mental Health to L. A. Stone and by a grant from the University Committee on Research, The University of North Dakota.
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Stone, L.A., Skeen, D.R. Scaling of sensitivity to torque. Psychon Sci 9, 367–368 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327851
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