Developed in the 1960s and '70s by John Exner, the system looks to increase the reliability of the inkblot test by creating a standard method for interpreting patients' responses.

One bed, two blankets: We put the Scandinavian sleep method to the test If you sleep with a cover hog, this might be for you.

But whether this study method truly came from Feynman or not, the basic principle—to know you truly understand a subject, you should be able to teach it to someone else—appears sound.

Another projective tool--the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)--may be as problematic as the Rorschach. This method asks respondents to formulate a story based on ambiguous scenes in drawings on cards.

The method of loci (or the loci technique) is a mnemonic memorization trickwith a number of uses, from helping people with mild cognitive impairment learn and remember information to getting ...

The only previously approved method for validating a failed tape test was another tape test. Soldiers who don’t meet the standards will be enrolled in the Army Body Composition Program.

Few people realize that their first memories of childhood have a capacity to reveal insights into their outlook on life and ways of perceiving the world.

Blots of ink on today's Google Doodle honor Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach's 129th birthday. But over a century on, his famous test has lost its luster.