kinohapt

English

Noun

kinohapt (plural kinohapts)

1. An esthesiometer for applying several stimuli to the skin with controlled timing and pressure.
   • 1922 January, H.M. Lufkin, “Cutaneous Localization and the" Attribute of Order"”, in The American Journal of Psychology, volume 33, number 1:

     For stimulation we had recourse to a modified Benussi kinohapt, controlled by the Leipzig time-sense apparatus set to give an interval of 4/3 sec.

   • 1967, David Cecil Sinclair, Cutaneous sensation, page 27:

     The most accurate instrument for delivering a 'touch' stimulus is probably the kinohapt (Bartley, 1958), which is a tiny stylus released by a solenoid to rest on the skin for a definite time with a definite and measurable pressure.

   • 1980, Samuel Howard Bartley, Introduction to perception, →ISBN, page 60:

     In more recent years several different investigators constructed electromechanical devices called kinohapts, whereby tiny styli could be raised and lowered on the skin with more or less uniform impact and with precise timing.