JUST-NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

jnd; just-noticeable difference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("just-noticeable difference" is a kind of...):

difference limen; difference threshold; differential limen; differential threshold (the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect)

Domain category:

psychophysics (the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects)

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