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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

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