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This study compared children (mean age 10.9 years) and college students on the magnitude estimation of loudness. Both the 20 children and the 20 adults were unpracticed observers. In one condition, the standard tone was assigned the number 10, and in the other condition, the number 20. Under both conditions the power function was found to fit the data of the children quite well, and to give approximately the same exponent. Of particular interest was the similarity between the data of the children and adults.
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This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, MH 10449-01, and by a National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participation Program Grant, G-6161. The authors wish to thank Gary Schneider for assistance in testing the Ss.
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Dorfman, D.D., Megling, R. Comparison of magnitude estimation of loudness in children and adults. Perception & Psychophysics 1, 239–241 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207387
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