How does the Rorschach inkblot test work? - Damion Searls
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For nearly a century, ten inkblots have been used as an almost mystical personality test. Long kept confidential for psychologists and their patients, the mysterious images were said to draw out the workings of a person’s mind. But what can inkblots really tell us, and how does this test work? Damion Searls details how the Rorschach Test can help us understand the patterns of our perceptions.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Damion Searls
- Director Serin İnan, Tolga Yıldız
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Producer Serin İnan
- Designer İbrahim Hakkı Uslu
- Illustrator İbrahim Hakkı Uslu
- Animator Gökhan Gürkan
- Sound Designer Deniz Doğançay
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Joseph Isaac
