ABSTRACT
The Rorschach assessment of senior adults has a long but modest history. It begins with Hermann Rorschach himself and extends through the gradual accumulation of standardized Rorschach data for senior adults and companion developments in applying the Rorschach as a neuropsychological tool. Basic texts on the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Rorschach Inkblot Method have similarly made little mention of assessing the elderly. The neuroscience of Rorschach assessment has as long a history as its psychological science, and it has been the subject of extensive research and the focus of considerable contemporary attention. Returning to historical developments, interest in the Rorschach assessment of neuropsychological dysfunction was greatly stimulated when John Exner published his 1974 book introducing the Rorschach Comprehensive System. The Rorschach has a long history of application in clinical evaluations of senior adults, as both a personality and a neuropsychological assessment instrument.
