stackyFACTSSpeech shadowing—the act of repeating someone's exact words the millisecond they say them—is one of the most draining cognitive tasks imaginable. It forces your auditory processing and vocal generation centers to run perfectly synchronously, burning mental fuel at a ridiculous rate.
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