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Abstract
The smallest difference which can be discriminated between two stimuli or one which is barely above the threshold.
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15 entry terms
- Difference Limen
- Difference Limens
- Differential Thresholds
- Limen, Difference
- Limens, Difference
- Threshold, Differential
- Thresholds, Differential
- Just-Noticeable Difference
- Weber-Fechner Law
- Difference, Just-Noticeable
- Differences, Just-Noticeable
- Just Noticeable Difference
- Just-Noticeable Differences
- Law, Weber-Fechner
- Weber Fechner Law
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5 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.
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NIM
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74(72)
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- Psychophysics (1970-1971)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Differential Threshold. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004056. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004056
- Differential Threshold. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-noticeable_difference
- Differential Threshold. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1224386