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nonverbal test

a test in which the questions or problems as well as the answers or solutions are not conveyed in words. Mazes and performance tests are examples. Also called nonlanguage test.

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slow-wave sleep

slow-wave sleep

deep sleep that is characterized by increasing percentages of particular types of delta waves on the electroencephalogram, corresponding to Stages 3 and 4 of NREM sleep. See also sleep stages.