What is another word for prepulse inhibition?
Pronunciation: [pɹɪpˈʌls ɪnhɪbˈɪʃən] (IPA) 
Prepulse inhibition is a term used in behavioral psychology to describe the phenomenon by which a less intense sound or light stimulus can inhibit the response to a subsequent, more intense stimulus. This phenomenon has been observed in a wide variety of species, including humans, and is thought to play a role in filtering out irrelevant sensory information. Synonyms for prepulse inhibition include pre-attentive processing, sensory gating, and stimulus filtering. These terms all describe the same basic cognitive mechanism of reducing the sensitivity to subsequent stimuli, and are used interchangeably in research literature. Understanding this mechanism is important for studying sensory processing, cognitive development, and various neuropsychiatric disorders.
