psychogalvanometer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of psychogalvanometer
First recorded in 1930–35; psycho- + galvanometer
Example Sentences
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Ph.D., head of Fordham University's department of psychology, the psychogalvanometer works not on the heart and lungs but on the minute electrical currents coursing through the body.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thereupon the judge called in a psychologist and tested Goldman with a psychogalvanometer which, by recording electrical impulses in a man's skin, is supposed to show whether he answers questions truthfully.
From Time Magazine Archive
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