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The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus, filtering out a variety of other stimuli to focus on the one.
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The minimum difference between 2 stimuli required for detection 50% of the time.
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The minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time.
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The conversion of one form of energy to another; the conversion of stimulus energies into neural impulses.
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Below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness.
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The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.
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The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from the environment.
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The principle that to be perceived as different, 2 stimuli must differ by a constant percentage.
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The activation of certain associations, predisposing one's response.