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.
Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon created the first standardized intelligence test in 1916. Francis Galton made the first attempt to create such a test before them, but was un â¦ successful in creating a test because he could find no correlation between physical development and mental development.