countersignals

You might be able to pick up on signals and countersignals if you were talking with the candidates in person.

"And people are going to have to take better care of themselves. We cannot afford all the illness that folks are bringing on themselves." Ann Althouse 2007

In DDT's presence, neurons would start to fire spasmodically, oblivious to countersignals from the brain, like an engine running without a driver.

Gizmodo Sonia Shah 2011