noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
subliminal; below threshold
Technical term used in psychology, neuroscience, and signal detection to describe stimuli below the perceptual threshold. Often used attributively with の.
Subliminal stimuli do not reach consciousness.
In this experiment, we investigated whether subliminal visual information influences behavior.
サブリミナル is the common katakana loanword for 'subliminal', used more broadly in everyday contexts, whereas 閾値下 is a precise technical term.
Compound of 閾値 (threshold) + 下 (below). The term is a direct translation of the English 'subliminal' or 'below threshold', used in technical contexts.