The Rorschach test is a psychological test designed by psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach in the early 1900s. The test involves presenting a subject with images of inkblots; the person then describes what ...

Watchmen, the blockbuster film adaptation of a beloved graphic novel, opens Friday. The movie’s vigilante hero, Rorschach, spends much of his screen time hidden behind an ink-splattered mask. We’re ...

A bear. A bat. A butterfly. Images seen in Rorschach inkblots reveal the viewer's unconscious mind, including any serious mental disorders. Or do they? Is the Rorschach test a brilliant diagnostic ...

Almost 100 years after its creation, the Rorschach test remains a widely used scientific tool in psychology and serves as a cultural catchall in the popular imagination. Author and translator Damion ...

In 2003, a handful of American clinical psychologists launched a frontal assault on the Rorschach inkblot test, saying that there should a "moratorium" on the use of the test, especially with regard ...

Iconic blots of ink on today's Google Doodle honor Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach's 129th birthday. But over a century later, the validity of his famous psychological test—the Rorschach—depends ...

“I am a Rorschach test,” Hillary Clinton told Esquire magazine in 1993. The label stuck — everything from her campaign to her “no-makeup face” has been described similarly. She’s not the only one.