Corresponding Author Information: Ellen Day

Session Abstract: Researchers from independent laboratories in two countries will present papers utilizing psychophysiological techniques to investigate the role of personality in processing the Rorschach and discerning emotions in faces. The session capitalizes on the fact that performance on the Rorschach involves scanning and making a visual attribution to the blots, and the papers focus on uncovering visual search strategies for responding to the Rorschach cards as well as the association between R-PAS variables and identifying emotions on faces. The first paper (Lab 1) provides evidence for individual differences in several eye movement (EM) indices for the Rorschach to illustrate the degree of similarity of visual search strategies for individuals across the 10 cards (reliability) as well as other visual stimuli. Identifying a level of consistency for individuals across the cards maximizes the utility of connecting personality and other variables to visual search strategies. The second paper (Lab 1) illustrates how specific R-PAS variables are associated with the distinct eye movement indices of these individuals suggesting that particular R-PAS variables may be associated with different facets of information processing (validity). The third paper (Lab 2) presents data using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to illustrate the level of similarity of individual differences with Lab 1 and advancing our understanding of the long range utility of EMs for improving our understanding of the Rorschach response process. The fourth paper (Lab 1) investigates the relationship between R-PAS variables and visual search strategies for human faces and the Rorschach.

Chair Information: Barry Dauphin | University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI

Discussant Information: Luciano Giromini | University of Turn Turin, Italy

Presentation 1 Title: Eye Movements (EM) as a Measure of Individual Differences on the Rorschach: Evidence of the reliability of EM indices across the cards

Presenters:

Ellen Day | University of Detroit Mercy Detroit MI

Mellisa Boyle | University of Toledo Medical Center Toledo, OH

Mindee Juve | Appleton VA Clinic Appleton, WI

Barry Dauphin | University of Detroit Mercy

Harold Greene | University of Detroit Mercy

Presentation 2 Title: Specific R-PAS variables are associated with different eye movement indices during card viewing

Presenters:

Paige Erickson | University of Detroit Mercy

Ellen Day | University of Detroit Mercy

Mellisa Boyle | University of Toledo Medical Center Toledo, OH

Mindee Juve | University of Detroit Mercy

Barry Dauphin | University of Detroit Mercy

Harold Greene | University of Detroit Mercy

Presentation 3 Title: Comparing eye movements of Italian and American Rorschach examinees

Presenters:

Francesca Ales | University of Turin Turin, Italy

Luciano Giromini | University of Turin Turin, Italy

Alessandro Zennaro | University of Turin Turin, Italy

Presentation 4 Title: Visual search strategies for Rorschach and Faces

Presenters:

Mellisa Boyle | University of Toledo Medical Center Toledo, OH

Mindee Juve | Appleton VA Clinic Appleton, WI

Ellen Day | University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI

Barry Dauphin | University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI

Harold Greene | University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI

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