Mental Process
perceptual masking
Subclass of:
Auditory Perception;
Visual Perception
Definitions related to perceptual masking:
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Interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness; frequently associated with visual and auditory perception.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The interference of one perceptual stimulus with another causing a decrease or lessening in perceptual effectiveness.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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