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Should Wikipedia publish the 'inkblot' test?
(New York Times) UPDATED 2009-07-28
The Rorscach--or "inkblot"--test is designed to give insight into what a test taker is thinking and feeling as he or she looks at a series of ink images. It was designed in 1921 by the Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach for his book Psychodiagnostik, and it can offer psychiatrists and other mental health professionals valuable clues to their patients' mental states. But expert say Internet sites such as Wikipedia are posting these images, along with interpretations of patient responses, and this is acting as a "cheat sheet" for people who want to influence the test's results. In this article, a reporter talks to experts about how posting the Rorscach test's images could affect their use by clinicians.
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