Abstract
The relationship between the physical and the psychological is one of the fundamental issues in psychophysics. In psychological terms, the subjective perception or experience of loudness is closely related to a sound's physical intensity, and is broadly defined as the magnitude of auditory sensation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia |
| Editors | William Forde Thompson |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Sage |
| Pages | 654-657 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781452283036 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |