Weber, EH - Weber

Japanese: ウェーバー,E.H. - うぇーばー
Weber, EH - Weber

…The vibrations generated in the swim bladder in response to underwater sound are transmitted to the inner ear via this transmission pathway, so fish with this organ are significantly more sensitive to sound than other fish. It is named after its discoverer, EH Weber (1795-1878). [Iwai Tamotsu]. …

[Weber's Law]

…This is a law of sensation established by the German anatomist and physiologist EH Weber in 1834. The minimum value at which a difference in the intensity of a sensation can be felt is called the "discrimination threshold" or "just noticeable difference" (⊿ R ), which increases in proportion to the stimulus intensity ( R ) at the time of questioning, and the ratio C (Weber ratio) is constant (⊿ R / R = C ). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Weber, EH" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…水中音を受けて鰾壁(ひようへき)に生じる振動は,この伝達経路を経て内耳へ伝わるので,この器官を備える魚類は他の魚類に比べて音に対して著しく敏感である。発見者ウェーバーE.H.Weber(1795‐1878)の名をとって,この名がつけられている。【岩井 保】。…

【ウェーバーの法則】より

…ドイツの解剖学者,生理学者E.H.ウェーバーが1834年にたてた感覚の法則。感覚の強さの差を感じる最小の値を〈弁別閾〉あるいは〈丁度可知差異〉(⊿R)というが,それは,それを問題にするときの刺激強度(R)が増せばそれに比例して増すという関係にあり,その比C(ウェーバー比)は一定であるとするもの(⊿R/RC)。…

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