The intertwining of psychophysics and sensory analysis: historical perspectives and future opportunities - a personal view

摘要

From today's point of view, psychophysics and sensory analysis appear conjoined, at least from the vantage point of sensory analysis. This paper shows how psychophysical thinking has not only entered sensory analysis, but also shaped some of the ways that modern day sensory analysts conceptualize their problems and go about solving them. The paper also shows how this was not always the case, The rapprochement of the two fields has only gradually developed as sensory analysis has come to accept psychophysical thinking. The paper concludes by listing a series of trends that may bring the two fields even closer in the future.