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Weber's law
DEFINITIONS OF:
Weber's law
1
n
(psychophysics) the concept that a just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to the magnitude of the original stimulus
“
Weber's law
explains why you don't notice your headlights are on in the daytime”
Type of:
law
,
law of nature
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
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