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Tactile Monitor/DiscriminationTactile Monitor/Discrimination task Subjects experience tactile/somatosensory stimulation and are asked to attend passively or discriminate according to some feature (shape, texture, same/different, frequency of presentation, etc.) Also includes: subjects are presented with 3-dimensional objects and are asked to manipulate them in their hands and probe their features.
tactile working memorytactile working memory concept working memory for tactile information
target detection tasktarget detection task task
task settask set concept The set of rules and/or stimulus-response mappings that define how a task should be performed.
Task set reconfigurationTask set reconfiguration concept A change in the task set based on some internal or external cue
task switchingtask switching concept The process of switching from one task or goal to another, depending on the context or instructions.
task-switching task-switching task A task in which participants alternate between two or more judgments typically regarding the same set of stimuli. Accuracy and reaction time are measured for each judgment.
taste aversiontaste aversion concept occurs when the taste of a certain food is associated with symptoms caused by a toxic, spoiled, or poisonous substance; generally caused after ingestion of the food causes nausea, sickness, or vomiting...
Temporal discounting taskTemporal discounting task task refers to the tendency of people to discount rewards as they approach a temporal horizon in the future or the past (i.e., become so distant in time that they cease to be valuable or to have additive effects)...
temporal order judgment tasktemporal order judgment task task Participants decide which of two (or more) unimodal cues (e.g. audio or video) was presented first (or sometimes second) in a crossmodal stimulus. Alternatively, unimodal (auditory, visual or tactile) temporal order judgments generally involve deciding which of two spatial locations was presented first.
test of variables of attentiontest of variables of attention task No definition submitted yet.
Test of Word Reading EfficiencyTest of Word Reading Efficiency task a nationally normed measure of word reading accuracy and fluency that provides an efficient means of monitoring the growth of two kinds of word reading skills that are critical in the development of overall reading ability: the ability to accurately recognize familiar words as whole units or “sight words” and the ability to “sound out” words quickly...
text comprehensiontext comprehension concept Intentional thinking during which meaning is constructed through interactions between text and reader.
text processingtext processing concept The handling of alphabetic characters
theory of mindtheory of mind concept the ability for a person to connect emotional states to themselves and others and understand that other people may have different beliefs, desires, or intentions from one's self. It is intimately connected with the development of a person's ability to analyze and interpret the intentions of others.
Theory of Mind TaskTheory of Mind Task task Subjects are asked to perform a task involving the understanding of another's personal beliefs and feelings or forming hypotheses regarding the mental states of others.
Thermal Grill IllusionThermal Grill Illusion task Innocuous warm and cool bars that are spatially interlaced are applied together to the skin and produce a painful burning sensation. The participant rates the experienced sensation.
thermosensationthermosensation concept the sensory perception of thermal stimuli.
Tobacco Craving QuestionnaireTobacco Craving Questionnaire task a multidimensional questionnaire to assess tobacco craving. It consists of a 47-item TCQ and other forms assessing demographics, tobacco and other drug use history, quit attempts, and current mood. It represents four specific constructs that characterize craving for tobacco: (a) Emotionality, or smoking in anticipation of relief from withdrawal symptoms or negative mood, (b) expectancy, or anticipation of positive outcomes from smoking, (c) compulsivity, or an inability to control tobacco use, and (d) purposefulness, or intention and planning to smoke for positive outcomes...
tone countingtone counting task A task in which a participant needs to count and remember the number of specific tones presented in an experimental run.
Tone Monitor/DiscriminationTone Monitor/Discrimination task Subjects are presented with tones and are instructed to listen to them passively (also coded as Passive Listening) or discriminate according to their order, timing, pitch, frequency, or amplitude.
Tonic pain stimulationTonic pain stimulation task A long pain stimulus (usually more than 20 seconds) is applied to the skin and the participant gives continuous ratings on a visual analogue scale. Pain can be induced with thermal (hot/cold), electrical, chemical or mechanical stimuli.
top down processingtop down processing concept perceptions formed by starting with the larger concept or idea, then working down to the finer details of that concept or idea.
Tower of HanoiTower of Hanoi task No definition submitted yet.
Tower of LondonTower of London task No definition submitted yet.
trace conditioningtrace conditioning task a form of classical conditioning in which the presentation of the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus is separated in time by an interstimulus interval.
Trail Making Test A and BTrail Making Test A and B task A neuropsychological test in which participants must connect-the-dots (traverse between items) according to some specified order. In Test A these items are numbers (1,2,3 etc.) and the order is determined by increasing magnitude...
traumatic memorytraumatic memory concept A type of memory results from trauma experience, such as a natural disaster or violent events.