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Term: Backward Masking

DEFINITION:

In psychoacoustics and cognitive psychology, the masking of some stimulus by another, often louder or more apparent stimulus, that occurs a fraction of a second after the first stimulus. Often confused with backmasking wherein hearing something played backwards supposedly influences the listener.

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