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cold pressor pain test

a test of pain produced by immersing a limb in iced water. Also called cold pressor test.

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moving-window technique

moving-window technique

in studies of reading, an experimental technique in which the words on a page are covered up except for a limited number that can be viewed through a “window,” which moves forward through the text at a set rate.