electroencephaloscope

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English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ encephalo- +‎ -scope.

Noun

electroencephaloscope (plural electroencephaloscopes)

  1. An instrument for displaying on a dispaly screen the results of an electroencephalograph.
    • 1962, Works of the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity, volume 5, page 12:
      Using an electroencephaloscope, M.N. Livanov established that during the elaboration of a defense conditioned reflex to light in rabbits local high amplitude oscillations appear in the visual and motor areas of the cortex.
    • 2013, K. H. Pribram, A. R. Luria, Psychophysiology of the Frontal Lobes, page 92:
      The electrical activity of the subject's cerebral cortex was recorded in a state of relative rest, after a 5 min adaptation of the subject to a dark soundproof chamber. The biopotentials were recorded from the electroencephaloscope screen []