Sensory deprivation (Sendep) or perceptual isolation[1] is the deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli from one or more of the senses. Simple devices such as blindfolds or hoods and earmuffs can cut off sight and hearing, while more complex devices can also cut off the sense of smell, touch, taste, thermoception (heat-sense), and 'gravity'.
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing by Damion Searls. Look at the ink blots and tell me what you see. Itâs how millions of psychological tests have started for the best part of the past century.
Schizophrenia Diagnosis. A recent article in the April issue of Scientific American challenges the validity of the Rorschach inkblot test, a classical psychological assessment tool, as a definitive way to diagnose mental illness.he Scientific American article points out that the Rorschach test (along with the similar TAT assessment) has both a low scoring validity and low reliability. Scoring validity errors often come from the subjective assessments of the professionals who administer the test.