Example Subjective Contour Illusions

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Our software ideally will be dynamic and allow psychologists to create new tests using our software. But, we are starting with creating an interface for the subjective contour illusion test as requested by our client.

A subjective contour illusion tests for visual agnosia. Visual agnosia is the inability for a person to recognize familiar objects and/or faces despite the absence of damage to the eye. The cause of this condition can be damage in the right hemisphere of the brain. Specifically the temporal and/or occipital lobe.

The test shows pictures to the subject and asks them what shape they see (in a later posting, you will see examples of these images that we have created). Patients with this disorder are unable to identify incomplete pictures.

Ren 'Py Software

Here's a link to the Ren 'Py software which is the framework we are using for our open source project. Enjoy!

http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Home_Page

Our Client

Our client Dr. Jeanette Wasserstein, approached us with the idea of developing psychological testing software. Current software is outdated, not compatible with many modern operating systems, expensive and cannot be altered (it lacks dynamic features).

Dr. Wasserstein studies a wide variety of neurological disorders specializing in the study of ADHD and other neurodevelopment disorders.

If you would like more information about her work you can visit her website:

http://www.cnssupport.com/index.html

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This blog will be used to track the progress of TeamOpenPsyc's open source project ZTest. Feel free to leave questions or comments and we will get back to you as soon as we can!