Stanley Smith Stevens

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Stanley Smith Stevens (1906-1973) was an American psychologist best known as the founder of Harvard's Psycho-Acoustical Laboratory and credited with the introduction of Stevens' power law. Stevens authored a milestone textbook, the 1400+ page "Handbook of Experimental Psychology" (1951). He was also one of the founding organizers of the Psychonomic Society.

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• Smelser, Neil J.; and Paul B. Baltes (2001). International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences. Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier, 15105-15108. ISBN 0-08-043076-7.