Color and form perception on the Rorschach as a function of eye color.
Recent research had demonstrated that dark-eyed individuals are more reactive than light-eyed people. The present paper investigated one area of reactivity, ease of emotional arousal. The hypothesis that dark-eyed male subjects (n equals 40) would show greater ease of arousal than light-eyed male subjects (n equals 40) was tested using color and form responses on the Rorschach as dependent measures. The predicted interaction was significant; light-eyed subjects gave relatively more form responses, but dark-eyed subjects gave relatively more color responses. Implications for future research and application were discussed.
D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005127:Eye Color; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008543:Melanins / Q000502:physiology; D012392:Rorschach Test; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D044465:White People
D008543:Melanins