What is a difference threshold?
A. It is the highest amount of physical stimulation that an individual can detect half of the time.
B. It is the smallest amount of change between two stimuli that a person can detect half of the time.
C. It is the process by which the brain organizes and interprets sensory experience.
D. It is the lowest level of a physiological stimulus that humans can sense half of the time.
Answer: B
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