Difference Threshold: How We Notice Tiny Changes
Difference Threshold The Core Definition: Understanding the Difference Threshold The Difference Threshold, a fundamental concept in cognitive psychology and psychophysics, refers to the minimum amount of change in a sensory stimulus that is required for a person to detect that a change has occurred. Often interchangeably called the Just Noticeable Difference (JND), this threshold represents […]
ATTENTIONAL CAPTURE
the unintentional focusing of attention, for example by a change in a stimulus, which interrupts other processing – for example, the person paying attention to the dog immediate shifted his or her attention to the motor vehicle accident next to him or her. ATTENTIONAL CAPTURE: “A loud noise that made the person’s head turn rapidly, […]