noun
- a scientist who studies the relationship between physical stimuli and psychological sensations or perceptions
Usage: technical; academic
Examples
- The psychophysicist conducted experiments to measure how people perceive changes in light intensity.
- Dr. Chen, a psychophysicist, investigated the connection between sound frequency and human hearing sensitivity.
- Psychophysicists use rigorous methods to quantify the relationship between physical properties and subjective experience.
- The research team of psychophysicists examined how the brain processes visual contrast.
- As a psychophysicist, she specialized in understanding the threshold at which people can detect temperature changes on their skin.