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method of single stimuli

any psychophysical procedure in which items in a series are presented one at a time, and the participant is required to respond to each in the absence of any comparison point or standard.

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recognition threshold

recognition threshold

the shortest exposure to a stimulus at which recognition of that stimulus can occur. The shortest exposure at which words, for example, will be recognized is typically between 10 and 40 ms.