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secondary task methodology

an experimental design used in the study of attention in which participants perform a primary task as well as possible and a secondary task to the extent possible while maintaining performance on the primary task. Performance on the secondary task provides a profile of the attention required by the primary task at various phases. See also dual-task performance.

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successive reproduction

successive reproduction

see repeated reproduction.