APA Dictionary of Psychology
bite bar
- a device used to immobilize a participant’s head during studies of visual perception. A bite bar contains an impression of the participant’s teeth, so that when the bar is held between the jaws the head cannot move.
- in animal research, a bar placed in the mouth to restrain animals during surgery or to immobilize animals that are being tested.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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