The Subliminal Threshold Estimation Procedure (STEP): A calibration method tailored for estimating subliminal thresholds.

ABSTRACT: A major challenge in studying unconscious processing is to effectively suppress the critical stimulus while allowing maximal signal strength for adequate sensitivity to detect an effect, if it exists. A possible way to do this is to calibrate stimulus strength. While calibrating stimulus strength is common in psychophysics, current calibration methods are not designed to find the maximal intensity in which the stimulus can still be rendered unconscious (i.e., find the upper subliminal threshold for each participant). Here, we demonstrate how calibration can be utilized to estimate, for each observer, this targeted threshold. We present a novel calibration procedure: the Subliminal Threshold Estimation Procedure (STEP), specifically designed for estimating the upper subliminal threshold for

SUBMITTER: Elbaz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12669343 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature