thresholds of perception
Detection limit points
Thresholds of perception are the minimum levels at which stimuli become detectable to the senses.
Below the threshold, a sound is too faint to hear, a light too dim to see, a touch too gentle to feel.
The concept appears in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind: The flash was right at the threshold of perception.
Subliminal messages supposedly operate below these thresholds.
- subliminalBelow threshold of awareness
- below the surfaceNot immediately apparent
- liminalAt a threshold
- barelyOnly just, almost not
- faintWeak and indistinct
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