sensory leakage

in experiments on extrasensory perception, the conveying of information about the target to the subject through ordinary sensory channels, often by inadvertent cues from the tester. See also demand characteristics; experimenter bias.

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May 9th 2024

x-intercept

x -intercept

n. in an equation representing a straight-line relationship between two variables, the value of variable x when the value of variable y equals zero. For example, in the general linear equation format x = a + by, a represents the x-intercept.