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Where Weber's Law Breaks Down

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Weber's constant differs by sense and the law holds poorly at very low and very high stimulus intensities.

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The proportion needed for weight differs from the proportion needed for brightness, and both fail near threshold.

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Weber's law is a strong approximation across the middle range, not a law of nature.

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