A task in which subjects must listen to a set of sentences and remember the last word in the sentence. The number of words that can be recalled is the "listening span."
Definition contributed by RPoldrack about one year ago.
Fork this term (experimental) Forking tasks is the process of separating the senses, or variations, in the meaning of a task. This process should be used sparingly, and the ability to fork a term is the sole provenance of the curator.