閾いき

noun

threshold; limen

Technical term in psychology for the point at which a stimulus is perceived or a response is triggered. Often used in compounds like 刺激閾 (stimulus threshold) and 弁別閾 (difference threshold).

See also: 刺激閾 · 弁別閾

• 刺し激げき閾いきは、感かん覚かくが生しょうじる最さい小しょうの刺し激げき強きょう度どを指さす。

  The stimulus threshold refers to the minimum stimulus intensity that produces a sensation.

• 弁べん別べつ閾いきの実じっ験けんでは、二ふたつの刺し激げきの差さがどの程てい度どで気きづかれるかを調しらべる。

  In difference threshold experiments, we examine how much difference between two stimuli is needed to be noticed.