Since the Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach created his famous ink-blot tests in the 1920s, we all know that what we see in the world says a lot about our personality. For psychologists wanting to know more about a person’s thought processes and attitudes, showing an ambiguous image allows them to see how a patient thinks about the world.

Hermann Rohrshach used ink blots to reveal patients' subconscious thought processes Illustration - Shutterstock | xpixel