design fluency test

any of a group of tests in which participants must generate (within a given time) a series of figures that have specific criteria. The tests were developed to provide clinical information regarding nonverbal capacity for flexibility and planning similar to verbal fluency tests. For example, participants may be required to produce figures from five lines and must devise new ways to put the lines together in an organized manner to make new figures or designs. Also called figural fluency test.

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February 1st 2025

interaural rivalry

the competition within the auditory system to comprehend conflicting inputs received simultaneously in both ears. Interaural rivalry has been employed in the study of temporal lobe lesions: Patients typically recall less of the information heard in the left ear if a lesion is on the right side, and vice versa. See also dichotic listening.