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Dictionary of Biological Psychology

threshold

The THRESHOLD or LIMEN is the minimum stimulus magnitude that can just be detected. This is not a single, fixed value but varies over time and therefore is usually defined statistically (for example, the value that can be detected with a probability of 0.75).

DAVID W.HEELEY

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Threshold from Dictionary of Biological Psychology. ISBN: 0-203-29884-5. Published: 02-22-2001. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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