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Loudness and intensity

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMusic in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia
EditorsWilliam Forde Thompson
Place of PublicationU.S.
PublisherSage
Pages654-657
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781452283036
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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