Sentence:  The <WSD>psychograph</WSD> was a novelty device featured in department stores and theater lobbies during the depression of the 1930s. The machine was used to measure the bumps on an individual's head and, according to the principles of the pseudoscience of phrenology, said to reveal the subject's personality and most suitable vocation. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of various devices that purportedly read a person's thoughts.