Jnd (Noun)
Meaning
(psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The just-noticeable difference, or jnd, is the amount something needs to change in order for a person to detect a difference in it.
- The experiment aimed to find the jnd for brightness levels to determine how sensitive human vision is to changes in light.
- The researcher used a forced-choice task to estimate the jnd for different weights lifted by the participants.
- By analyzing the data, the scientists determined the jnd for sweetness perception in the tested population.
- In this study, the jnd for pitch perception was measured in relation to age and musical experience.