What about "audio" doodling as an interesting parallel? A doodler is typically listening to their subject, whilst their visual attention is elsewhere. An audi

What about "audio" doodling as an interesting parallel? A doodler is typically listening to their subject, whilst their visual attention is elsewhere. An audio doodler has their visual attention on the subject, but is listening elsewhere. A piano player I know will quite happy subconsciously play music on the piano, whilst reading a book placed where the sheet music would normally be.