Home›Perception and Psychophysics Effects›Type of Phenomenon›Perceptual PhenomenonBrowse ByPerceptual PhenomenonType of phenomenon separates effects that are adaptive from those that are simply errors. Wikipedia notes that "cognitive biases may initially appear to be negative, some are adaptive," since a quick judgment can sometimes be more useful than a perfectly accurate one. This grouping lets a visitor tell a helpful mental shortcut apart from a genuine distortion.FactsPerceptual PhenomenonSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating WorkWell-attestedGustav Fechner's Elemente der Psychophysik (1860) 1Perceptual PhenomenonFilter Results177 entriesBranch of PsychologyAllAbnormal Psychology (2)Cognitive Neuroscience (2)Cognitive Psychology (8)Neuropsychology (3)Parapsychology (1)Psycholinguistics (3)Psychophysics (15)Phenomenon FamilyAllAuditory Perception Effects (24)Body And Self-Perception Effects (6)Motion And Depth Perception (29)Multisensory And Cross-Modal Effects (2)Other Psychophysics Effects (10)Perceptual Disorders (17)Time Perception Effects (18)Visual Illusions (71)Associated PsychologistAllHermann Ebbinghaus (1)Max Wertheimer (1)First Described EraAll1593 (1)1760 (1)1799 (1)1804 (1)1812 (1)1832 (1)1833 (1)1834 (1)1860 (4)1861 (1)1865 (1)1872 (1)1880 (1)1889 (1)1890 (1)1891 (1)1894 (1)1898 (1)1908 (1)1909 (1)1910 (1)1911 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Psychophysicstier 2Wikimedia FoundationPsychophysics, History sectionQuote, Psychophysics, History sectionMany of the classical techniques and theories of psychophysics were formulated in 1860 when Gustav Theodor Fechner in Leipzig published Elemente der Psychophysik (Elements of Psychophysics).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.