Wirth's memory apparatus

(Gedächtnisapparat nach Wirth)
Description: This apparatus was used for the presentation of verbal stimuli at variable rates. Illustrations show the closed and open box revealing the weight-driven motor used to move the strip on which the syllables or other materials are printed. (Expanded caption Copyright 1998, Edward J. Haupt)
(Source: Wundt, Philosophische Studien, XVIII, (4))
Source of illustration: Zimmermann, E. (1903). XVIII. Preis- Liste über psychologische und physiologische Apparate (p. 16). Leipzig: Eduard Zimmermann.

DESCRIPTORS:
Type: research
Stimulus: syllables, words
System: memory, vision
Output: number of trials

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