閾いき値ち下か

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.

• 閾いき値ち下かの刺し激げきは意い識しきに上のぼらない。

  Subliminal stimuli do not reach consciousness.

• この実じっ験けんでは閾いき値ち下かの視し覚かく情じょう報ほうが行こう動どうに影えい響きょうを与あたえるか調しらべた。

  In this experiment, we investigated whether subliminal visual information influences behavior.