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BARRY DAUPHIN, PH.D. HAROLD GREENE, PH.D. MINDEE JUVE, M.A. Cognitive Mediation and Information Processing on the Rorschach Slide 2 Perceptual Processing of Visual Stimulus Rorschach: visual images Processing of stimulus integral to response Stimulus Characteristics Individual Differences Slide 3 Eye Movements Moment-to-moment spatial and temporal processing Difficult to censor Simple RT not reflect sequence or process of attending EM - as (Behavioral) Responses to Rorschach Slide 4 Eye Movement Variables Number of Fixations Fixation Duration Saccade Amplitude Initial Saccade Latency Initial Saccade Amplitude Slide 5 Stimulus Characteristics Differences Among the Blots Number of Fixations Slide 6 Stimulus Characteristics Fixation Duration Slide 7 Stimulus Characteristics Saccade Amplitude Slide 8 Stimulus Characteristics Initial Saccade Latency Slide 9 Stimulus Characteristics Initial Saccade Amplitude Slide 10 Card Sequence or Test Gestalt Cards are presented in predetermined order Assumption of Gestalt of the test Would changing the order affect the Gestalt? Compare EM index (Number of fixations) by manipulating sequence (Standard vs. Reversed) Slide 11 Sequence Effects Slide 12 Individual Differences Afr Afr = # of Responses Cards VIII - X # of Responses Cards I VII Afr EM = Average EM Index for Cards VIII - X Average EM Index for Cards I VII Slide 13 Afr & EM Variables Statistically significant positive correlation between Afr and Fixation Duration R =.39, p