The minimum amount of energy in a sensory stimulus detected 50 percent of the time is called the _____.

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The absolute threshold is the minimum amount of energy in a sensory stimulus that can be detected 50 percent of the time. The difference threshold is the minimum difference between two stimuli that can be detected 50 percent of the time. The false alarm rate and miss rate are measures of performance in signal detection tasks, not thresholds for detecting stimuli.

The Minimum Amount of Energy in a Sensory Stimulus Detected