The ability of the BRAIN to suppress neuronal responses to external sensory inputs, such as auditory and visual stimuli. Sensory filtering (or gating) allows humans to block out irrelevant, meaningless, or redundant stimuli.

Synonyms: Gating, Startle, Gating, Sensorimotor, Gating, Auditory Sensory, Startle Gating, Sensorimotor Gating, Auditory Sensory Gating, Gating, Acoustic Startle, Filtering, Sensory, Sensory Filtering, Acoustic Startle Gating, Sensory Gating, Gating, Sensory