Hermann Rorschach: Google's doodle pays homage to the psychoanalyst - Five Days

Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known for the development of a technique that bears his name, Rorschach test is the protagonist of doodle today (illustration placed Google on its cover). The test consists of 10 famous card stock with ink stains, as the individual interprets, defines how your personality.

doodle us to the clinic Hermann Rorschach where we feel like a more patient. Hermann Rorschach then make us his famous test sheets and invited us to share what we see. Google thus encourages the use of social networks as Twitter and Facebook, but especially from Google+, which is its great social commitment for the coming years.

Hermann Rorschach, between science and art

Like his father, Hermann Rorschach was dedicated in his early years to paint and draw. However, I always felt a passion for science and when it came time to graduation, Rorschach faced a crucial decision: choose between science and art . Finally, after consulting the German biologist Ernst Haeckel , he decided on medicine.

Rorschach

Rorschach is a projective study and psychodiagnostic method created by Hermann Rorschach. It consists of a series of sheets having ink stains uneven and then ask the person to study what you see in those spots. Hermann Rorschach was then studying the different responses people gave to, from there, develop and contrast various hypotheses about the psychic functioning of the person.

Scientists base their analyzes on different criteria when evaluating patient responses in the Rorschach . Among the most common are: the delay in the response, the individual’s position, shape and movement of the figure or figures that look, color, appearance etc.

Rorschach was first published in 1921 and achieved a huge spread, not only among the psychoanalytic community, but in the world of medicine in general. should be noted however, that some experts argue about the validity of the test created by Hermann Rorschach, given his little scientific basis.

In 1921, Hermann Rorschach Psychodiagnostik wrote his book , which became the basis of his evidence with ink stains.

Hermann Rorschach

died at the early age of 37 years, apparently because of peritonitis.

Hermann Rorschach : doodle Prize

If yesterday was the turn of author Albert Camus and the last Tuesday of designer Raymond Loewy, today Google wants to pay homage to renowned Swiss psychoanalyst. Google surprises us every day with their commemorative doodles. All, sorted by country, date and relevance can be seen in the browser page dedicated to its most technologically recognition: the doodle .