Psychiatry and Psychology

Sensory Thresholds

The minimum amount of stimulus energy necessary to elicit a sensory response.

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Abstract

The minimum amount of stimulus energy necessary to elicit a sensory response.

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3 entry terms
  • Sensory Threshold
  • Threshold, Sensory
  • Thresholds, Sensory

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

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 = SENSORY THRESHOLD (NIM) + VISUAL PERCEPTION (IM)

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History Note

79; was THRESHOLD (NON MESH) before 1979

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  1. F02w.463w.593w.710w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sensory Thresholds. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012684. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012684
  2. Sensory Thresholds. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_threshold
  3. Sensory Thresholds. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17119820