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preference threshold

12.04.2019

Minimum quantitative value of a stimulus or critical supra-threshold value of that stimulus at which an attraction or rejection response appears in relation to a neutral stimulus, for example, in the choice between a sugared solution and water.
Note: A distinction should be drawn between an absolute preference threshold and a differential preference threshold.

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