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Differential Threshold

Known as: Thresholds, Differential, Difference Limens, Threshold, Differential 
The smallest difference which can be discriminated between two stimuli or one which is barely above the threshold.
National Institutes of Health

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1992
1992
The role of frequency selectivity in measures of auditory and vibrotactile temporal resolution.
The purpose of this study was to compare the role of frequency selectivity in measures of auditory and vibrotactile temporal… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The perception of temporal deviations in isochronic patterns
In a study of perceptual synchronization with an isochronic sequence, subjects were given the following task: They heard an… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
PERCEPTS FROM THE VIENNA COCHLEAR PROSTHESIS a
This report includes psychophysical data on some of the 13 patients who have been equipped with intracochlear electrodes and the… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Psychoacoustic and phonetic temporal processing in normal and hearing-impaired listeners.
Four measures of auditory temporal processing were obtained from 16 normals and 16 individuals with a hearing loss of… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Aspects of frequency discrimination in passerine birds and pigeons.
With the use of a positive reinforcement operant technique, pulsed-tone, frequency difference limens (DLs) were measured in two… 
1980
1980
Auditory intensity discrimination in blackbirds and pigeons.
Redwing blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, and pigeons were trained with operant conditioning techniques to respond to small… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
Behavioral and physiological studies of hearing in birds.
Studies of hearing thresholds and frequency- and intensity-difference limens for birds are reviewed. Where possible these are… 
1978
1978
Absolute and difference limen in visual perception as a function of the duration of stimulus pulse
This paper criticizes the current approach in psychophysics in interpreting the absolute or difference limen indices under the… 
1973
1973
Brightness and equivalent intensity of intrinsic light.
1969
1969
Influence of contralateral noise on auditory intensity discrimination.
Auditory intensity discrimination at 2000 Hz was determined for the left and right ears of normal listeners at intensity levels… 
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