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Sensory Thresholds
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Definition
: The minimum amount of stimulus energy necessary to elicit a sensory response.
IM GEN or unspecified; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; PAIN THRESHOLD; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION & TASTE THRESHOLD are also available; coord NIM with specific sensory concept (IM), e.g., visual threshold
See Also
Signal Detection, Psychological
Examples
Auditory Threshold
;
Differential Threshold
;
Pain Threshold
;
Signal Detection, Psychological
;
Subliminal Stimulation
;
Taste Threshold
Other names
Thresholds, Sensory; Threshold, Sensory; Sensory Threshold