HyperDic: just-noticeable_difference

English > 1 sense of the expression just-noticeable difference:
NOUNcognitionjust-noticeable difference, jnd(psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected
English > just-noticeable difference: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected.
Synonymjnd
CategorypsychophysicsThe branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects
Broaderdifference threshold, differential threshold, difference limen, differential limenThe smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
Spanishjnd
Catalanjnd

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