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

Then comes the tachistoscope emulation.
The SE has also been described without a tachistoscope.
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.