tachistoscope

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A tachistoscope is an apparatus used to briefly expose visual stimuli. This instrument is employed in the study of learning, attention, and perception. The term "tachistoscopic" describes something related to or conducted by a tachistoscope, such as tachistoscopic training or presentation. The word originates from the Greek word "tachistos," meaning "swift".12

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…aid of instruments known as tachistoscopes that permit the durations of visual stimuli to be precisely controlled. Sophisticated electronic tachistoscopes flash reliably for periods as brief as one millisecond (one-thousandth of a second). Such precision permits study of the short-term development (microgenesis) of such percepts as those of simple geometric…
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…aid of instruments known as tachistoscopes that permit the durations of visual stimuli to be precisely controlled. Sophisticated electronic tachistoscopes flash reliably for periods as brief as one millisecond (one-thousandth of a second). Such precision permits study of the short-term development (microgenesis) of such percepts as those of simple geometric…
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