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shadowing

n. in cognitive testing, a task in which a participant repeats aloud a message word for word at the same time that the message is being presented, often while other stimuli are presented in the background. It is mainly used in studies of attention.

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Janet’s test

Janet’s test

a test of tactile sensibility in which participants simply answer yes or no when asked if they feel the touch of the examiner’s fingers. [Pierre Janet]