SUBTHRESHOLD POTENTIAL

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N., Pam M.S.
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Level of stimuli that is not strong enough to provoke reaction and which reactions therefore doesn't show much further from the direct spot of the stimuli. Read also conduction wit h decrement; local potential.

SUBTHRESHOLD POTENTIAL: "Example of subtreshold potential is lack of reaction to sound that is too quiet."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. CABLE PROPERTIES
  2. CABLE PROPERTIES
  3. OFF RESPONSE (OFF RESPONSE)
  4. SELECTIVE LEARNING
  5. PREPOTENT RESPONSE
  6. SENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL
  7. SELECTIVE RESPONSE
  8. PERCENTILE REINFORCEMENT
  9. LOCAL POTENTIAL
  10. PSYCHOLOGICAL ANAPHYLAXIS
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SUBTHRESHOLD POTENTIAL," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/subthreshold-potential/ (accessed April 4, 2020).
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