the minimum intensity of a stimulus at which it can just be perceived
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absolute threshold
Mathematically, this method seeks to compute an absolute threshold whereby antibody above the threshold provides complete, sterilizing immunity.
Merryn Voysey, Manish Sadarangani, Andrew J. Pollard, Thomas R. Fanshawe 2018, 'Computing threshold antibody levels of protection in vaccine clinical trials: An assessmentof methodological bias', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0202517. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Psychometric function midpoints were used to define absolute threshold mask duration for the disappearance of the target.
Stine Wm Wren, Levesque Patricia A., Lusignan Megan E., Kitt Andrew J. 2017, 'Motion-Induced Blindness Using Increments and Decrements of Luminance', Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Natural Scienceshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/prolas.2017.71.issue-5/prolas-2017-0063/prolas-2017-0063.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)