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23 May, 09:25

Malika has an unusually accurate sense of taste. While most people can taste the sweetness when there is at least one teaspoon of sugar in two gallons of water, Malika can taste the sweetness when there is only one half of a teaspoon of sugar. What do psychologists call this phenomenon?

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  1. 23 May, 09:29
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    Answer: Absolute threshold

    Explanation: According to the psychologist, absolute threshold is defined as the external stimulus needs minimum amount of energy to get discovered by the sense of human such as hearing, viewing touching, tasting etc.

    Malika has absolute threshold according to psychologist due to which is capable of determining the sweetness present in water by tasting better than other people.
  2. 23 May, 09:43
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    Absolute threshold

    Explanation:

    An absolute threshold is a threshold that can be detected by a stimulus in half of the time proportion. This is used in experimental research and cognitive neuroscience. This is applied to any stimulus to detect any of the sensations such as perception, taste, smell, sight, touch, etc. The detector can provide a different level of sound that is the varying level of the sensation and stimulus.

    This being used in different sensation such as:

    An absolute sensation of hearing The absolute sensation of vision The absolute sensation of Touch The absolute sense of smell
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