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Descriptor English: Differential Threshold
Descriptor Spanish: Umbral Diferencial
Descriptor umbral diferencial
Entry term(s) diferencia mínima perceptible
ley de Weber-Lechner
suelo diferencial
Scope note: La diferencia más pequeña que puede discriminarse entre dos estímulos o uno que se halla apenas por encima del umbral.
Descriptor Portuguese: Limiar Diferencial
Descriptor French: Seuil différentiel
Entry term(s): Difference Limen
Difference Limens
Difference, Just-Noticeable
Differences, Just-Noticeable
Differential Thresholds
Just Noticeable Difference
Just-Noticeable Difference
Just-Noticeable Differences
Law, Weber-Fechner
Limen, Difference
Limens, Difference
Threshold, Differential
Thresholds, Differential
Weber Fechner Law
Weber-Fechner Law
Tree number(s): F02.463.593.710.370
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004056
Scope note: The smallest difference which can be discriminated between two stimuli or one which is barely above the threshold.
Annotation: NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
ES ethics
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Psychophysics (1970-1971)
appropriate perception or sensation heading
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(72)
Entry Version: DIFFER THRESHOLD
DeCS ID: 4093
Unique ID: D004056
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/30
Differential Threshold - Preferred
Concept UI M0006360
Scope note The smallest difference which can be discriminated between two stimuli or one which is barely above the threshold.
Preferred term Differential Threshold
Entry term(s) Difference Limen
Difference Limens
Differential Thresholds
Limen, Difference
Limens, Difference
Threshold, Differential
Thresholds, Differential
Just-Noticeable Difference - Narrower
Concept UI M0006362
Preferred term Just-Noticeable Difference
Entry term(s) Difference, Just-Noticeable
Differences, Just-Noticeable
Just Noticeable Difference
Just-Noticeable Differences
Weber-Fechner Law - Narrower
Concept UI M0006361
Preferred term Weber-Fechner Law
Entry term(s) Law, Weber-Fechner
Weber Fechner Law



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