单词 | psychoscope |
释义 | > as lemmaspsychoscope psychoscope n. Brit. /ˈsʌɪkə(ʊ)skəʊp/ , U.S. /ˈsaɪkəˌskoʊp/ a means of observing the mind or soul; a notional instrument for observing mental processes.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > psychology of mental action > [noun] > instrument for inspecting mind psychoscope1885 1885 F. W. H. Myers in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 3 61 Somnambulism, double-consciousness, epilepsy, insanity itself, are all of them natural psychoscopes. 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 16 481 The plethysmograph will never serve as a psychoscope for the diagnosis of affective processes. 1970 Slavic Rev. 29 673 In both the The Trial Begins and Liubimov, the KGB agents Vitya and Tolya dream of creating a ‘psychoscope’—a remotely operated mind-reading machine. 1992 R. J. Langs Sci. Systems & Psychoanal. 47 The psychoscope is an intangible instrument—as noted, it is a set of mental functions or operations. < as lemmas |
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