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In the course of a series of experiments concerned primarily with contrast effects in the judgment of lifted weights, a set of results has accumulated that appears to speak decisively against a power law for lifted weight (Stevens & Galanter, 1957). In each case the method of direct magnitude estimation was employed The purpose of this paper is to present the results as a collection and to comment briefly on their significance.
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This research was supported by the Australian Research Grants committee under Grant No. ARG 17-226 to both authors.
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Ross, J., Di Lollo, V. A consistent failure of the power law for lifted weight. Perception & Psychophysics 8, 289–290 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212595
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