Editorial.

Rorschachiana, Vol 45(1), 2024, 1-3; doi:10.1027/1192-5604/a000177While editing the articles contained in this issue of Rorschachiana, the author was reminded of some contributions that have previously appeared in this journal. Acklin (2024) offers a novel perspective on the life of H. Rorschach, of his thinking and ideas developed around the time that he created his inkblots, hence complementing the historical part of the answer to “Why does the Rorschach work?” Acklin’s work called to mind a research thread that has recently regenerated interest in the test’s origins aiming to reconstruct the original view that H. Rorschach had of his creation. In this framework, Andronikof (2023) described the perceptual decision-making process as the basic function triggered by the test. This, in turn, reminded the author of two other recent articles on the everlasting question about the nature of the test. Recently Meyer and Friston (2022) advanced a novel perspective according to which the brain functioning captured by the Rorschach mirrors the perceptual and meaning-making processes usually displayed in real-life contexts, while Bornstein (2022) stressed the uniqueness of the Rorschach in describing implicit aspects of the personality that – by their nature – evade other types of tests. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Rorschachiana - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research