Rorschach Test

In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist and amateur artist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment to probe the human mind.

A doctor at the Headache Clinic in the Montefiore Hospital using the Rorschach test to determine whether the patient’s headaches have a psychological origin. Photo Credit: Orlando/Getty Images.

For years Hermann Rorschach had grappled with the theories of Freud and Jung while also absorbing the aesthetic of a new generation of modern artists. He had come…