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  • Psychological assessment
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • The Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) offers variables related to engagement and cognitive processing.
  • Eye-tracking technology can measure cognitive engagement and effort during visual tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between R-PAS engagement and cognitive processing variables and eye-tracking measures.
  • To determine if R-PAS complexity correlates with cognitive effort during Rorschach inkblot visual scanning.

Main Methods:

  • 71 adult volunteers completed the Rorschach task with eye-tracking.
  • Eye movement data (fixation duration, number of fixations, saccade amplitude, pupil size) were recorded during the response phase.
  • R-PAS protocol-level variables were correlated with eye-tracking metrics.

Main Results:

  • R-PAS complexity showed a significant large positive correlation (r = .526, p < .01) with the number of fixations during the response phase.
  • Related R-PAS variables, such as Synthesis (Sy), also demonstrated significant associations with eye-tracking measures.
  • Other eye-tracking variables (fixation duration, saccade amplitude, pupil size) exhibited weak or nonsignificant correlations with R-PAS variables.

Conclusions:

  • R-PAS complexity is a valid indicator of increased cognitive engagement and effort during visual scanning of Rorschach stimuli.
  • Eye-tracking measures, particularly fixation counts, can provide objective correlates of cognitive processes assessed by R-PAS.
  • Further research could explore the utility of integrating eye-tracking with R-PAS for a more comprehensive understanding of cognitive functioning.