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tachistoscope
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ta·chis·to·scope (t-kst-skp)
n.
An apparatus that projects a series of images onto a screen at rapid speed to test visual perception, memory, and learning.
ta·chisto·scopic (-skpk) adj.
tachistoscope
[təkis′təskōp′]
Etymology: Gk, tachistos, rapid, skopein, to view
a device used to increase the speed of visual perception by displaying visual stimuli only extremely briefly.
tachistoscope 
An instrument that presents visual stimuli for a brief and variable period of time (usually less than 0.1 s).
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Ostergaard and Davidoff (1985) found that colored photographs presented tachistoscopically were named more quickly than achromatic photos, but that chromaticity had no effect in a recognition task employing the same stimuli.
The effect of chromaticity varies with object identification ... by Ryan, Carolyn S.; Hemmes, Nancy S.; Brown, Bruce L. / The Psychological Record
It has been found that neurotic individuals who are judged to use repression and denial as primary defense mechanisms will take a longer time to perceive threatening words as compared to neutral words when the stimuli are tachistoscopically presented.
Repressed memories: true and false by Reisner, Andrew D. / The Psychological Record
 
 
 
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