When we had a practice in a psychiatric hospital, we conducted testing of patients. In this practice, I was convinced of the truthfulness of the opinion of a number of scientists, who believe that people with mental disabilities are not correct to perceive as "dominated" by nature, they simply perceive the world differently.

The test consisted of the following: if you call the test subject two words, he must say the one that unites them. Example: A plane and a train, connecting - transport; White and Red, connecting - color. A couple of words were simple, as in the example, as well as complicated, — to all pairs I could pick a defining word, but to one — a cock and a glass could not. I was a little stuck, I climbed to the mystery to my acquaintances, but the answers were not convincing. Most of the subjects also said nothing clear, in particular, remembered the specific response of one rabbit (from those who cut under the mental illness), the answer was - "The cockroach in the ass a glass was inserted." But there was one tested – a young man, 14 years old with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, who alone calmly and virtually without thinking, gave an adequate definition of the Cock and the Glass, besides that for some simpler pairs he could not give a definition. The cock and the glass are male.



Asked the patient what was the same in a cat and an apple, the answer was - bones.



Often different psychological tests put schizophrenics. And they compare them to the answers of “normal” people.

Among the “normal” there are also different groups. They concluded that the answers of schizophrenics to very many questions are unreally creative. Such an answer can only give a psychic, or a genius of creativity.

They asked different people the question: "What does a pencil and a shoe have in common?"

“Normal” people responded predictably. For example, they can be varied. Or – (more creatively) – shoes (sabo) can be made of wood. All the answers were predictable.

One schizophrenic man replied at once — and the shoe and pencil leave a mark.