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Weber-Fechner Law

A psychophysical law stating that human subjective sensory perception is proportional to the logarithm of the physical stimulus intensity.

p = k ln(S / S₀) (Perceived Sensation = k ln(Stimulus Intensity)) Psychophysical Scale (e.g. dB, Stellar Magnitude)