haploscope /hap·lo·scope/ (-skōp) a stereoscope for testing the visual axis.
hap·lo·scope (h p l -sk p )n. An instrument for presenting separate views to each eye so that they may be seen as one integrated view. hap lo·scopic (-sk p k) adj. |
haploscope
Instrument used mainly in the laboratory to study various aspects of binocular vision. It presents separate fields of view to the two eyes while allowing changes in convergence or accommodation of one or both eyes, as well as providing for controls of colour, intensity or size of target and field. See Worth amblyoscope; dichoptic; dichoptic masking.
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