liminal stimulus

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• liminal stimulus — threshold s …   Medical dictionary

• Liminal — In neurolgy, at the threshold of perception to a sensory stimulus. In other words, just barely perceptible to the senses. Liminal comes from the Latin noun limen meaning threshold. It makes sense, then, that liminal applies to the idea of a… …   Medical dictionary

• stimulus — 1. A stimulant. 2. That which can elicit or evoke action (response) in a muscle, nerve, gland or other excitable tissue, or cause an augmenting action upon any function or metabolic …   Medical dictionary

• liminal value — that intensity of a stimulus which produces a just noticeable impression …   Medical dictionary

• liminal — adj. of the limen, of the threshold of a stimulus (Psychology); scarcely perceived …   English contemporary dictionary

• estímulo liminal — Eng. Liminal stimulus Estímulo de intensidad tal que supera el umbral sensitivo y es capaz de inducir una respuesta. Estímulo umbral …   Diccionario de oftalmología

• liminaire — [ liminɛr ] adj. • 1548; bas lat. liminaris, de limen « seuil » 1 ♦ Placé en tête (d un ouvrage, d un discours). ⇒ préface, prologue. Épître, déclaration liminaire. ⇒ préliminaire. Littér. Initial. « une journée finale répondra à la journée… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• infraliminaire — infraliminal, ale, aux [ ɛ̃fraliminal, o ] adj. • 1977; de infra et liminal ♦ Psychol. Se dit d un stimulus d un niveau insuffisant pour manifester sa présence. ⇒ subliminal. On dit aussi infraliminaire . ● infraliminaire adjectif Se dit d un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• subliminal — adj. [L. sub, under; limen, threshold] A stimulus insufficient or inadequate to illicit a perceptible response; see liminal …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• supraliminal — supraliminally, adv. /sooh preuh lim euh nl/, adj. Psychol. being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus. [1890 95; SUPRA + LIMINAL] * * * …   Universalium

• estímulo umbral — Eng. Threshold stimulus Ver estímulo liminal …   Diccionario de oftalmología