DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does differential threshold mean? 

• DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD (noun)
  The noun DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD has 1 sense:

1. the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect

  Familiarity information: DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

difference limen; difference threshold; differential limen; differential threshold

Hypernyms ("differential threshold" is a kind of...):

limen; threshold (the smallest detectable sensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "differential threshold"):

jnd; just-noticeable difference ((psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected)

 Context examples 

In essence, this simple differential threshold of neuronal activity in the superior colliculus triggers the animal to report the presence of something in the visual field.

(Researchers discover neural code that predicts behavior, National Institutes of Health)