tachistoscope

IPA: tˈætʃɪstɑskoʊp

A device that displays a series of brief images; used by psychologists to investigate perception, memory and learning.

Examples of "tachistoscope" in Sentences

Scientists developed an instrument called the tachistoscope to study the effects of flicker.
The simple java application is based on the tachistoscope, a rapid image recognition device.
A device called a tachistoscope was used during WWII to help fighter pilots identify aircraft silhouettes.
Researcher James Vicary has installed a tachistoscope, a machine that can inject subliminal images of tiny fractions of a second-far below that of a person's conscious threshold.
In laboratory tests, split brains look at objects through a tachistoscope that presents information to only one hemisphere or look at image that is flashed briefly to one side of the visual field.