Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 29, 2020
Last Modified: January 02, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements subtest7 'NAME EMOTIONAL PROSODY' of the Comprehensive Affective Testing System - Reduced (CATS-R).
The CATS and CATS-R were created by: Sarah G. Schaffer, PhD Karen B. Froming, PhD Amanda L. Gregory, PhD C. Michael Levy, PhD Paul Ekman, PhD
The script runs with mouse and touch input.
Emotion Processing: The Comprehensive Affective Testing System. User Manual. Published 2006 by Psychology Software Inc
2 minutes
subtest7: NAME EMOTIONAL PROSODY
Participants are presented with 12 sentences, one after the other, spoken by the same actor and have to categorize the expressed emotion into the categories: happy, Sad, Angry, Neutral, Frightened
1 Testblock of 12 trials
- 3 trials with happy emotion
- 3 trials with sad emotion
- 3 trials with frightened emotion
- 3 trials with angry emotion
The order of the statements is predetermined.
Participants can select the response faces. Responses can be changed until 'next' is pressed.
If button 'repeat' is pressed, the statements get repeated.
By setting parameters.showadvanceButton to true, a '?'-button appears in the upper right corner.
If pressed, the next scheduled test item is skipped.
based on originals - can be edited under section Editable Stimuli
based on originals - can be edited in file catsr_subtest7_instructions_inc.iqjs
Means and Standard Deviations used to calculate z-scores are taken from the original User Manual
(see above for reference)
File Name: catsr_subtest7_summary*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| computer.touch | 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities |
| computer.hasKeyboard | 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected |
| startDate | Date the session was run |
| startTime | Time the session was run |
| subjectId | Participant ID |
| groupId | Group number |
| sessionId | Session number |
| elapsedTime | Session duration in ms |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
| subTest | "subtest7" |
| age | The age of the participant (if demographics were collected) |
| gender | Female; Male; Other (if demographics were collected) |
| taskOrder | The selected task order (if demographics were collected) |
| t7RawScore | The number of correct responses in subtest7 |
| t7RawScoreCorrected | The number of correct responses in subtest7, corrected in this subtest rawscores get corrected for Males over 59 by +1 to rawscore) |
| t7ZScore | The z-score for the corrected t7RawScore z-scores get calculated based on Age Means age < 40 = age group 20-39 41 < age < 60 = age group 40-59 60 > age = age group 60-79 if no age is provided the population mean and standard deviation is used |
| t7PropCorrect | Proportion correct responses in subtest7 |
| t7RT | Mean response time (in ms) in subtest7; measured from onset of image until 'nextButton' is pressed |
| t7CorrRT | Mean response time (in ms) of CORRECT responses in subtest7; measured from onset of image until 'nextButton' is pressed |
| t7t1 | Q1 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t2 | Q2 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t3 | Q3 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t4 | Q4 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t5 | Q5 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t6 | Q6 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t7 | Q7 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t8 | Q8 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t9 | Q9 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t10 | Q10 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t11 | Q11 accuracy (1 or 0) |
| t7t12 | Q12 accuracy (1 or 0) |
File Name: catsr_subtest7_raw*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| build | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| computer.touch | 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities |
| computer.hasKeyboard | 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected |
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject | Participant ID |
| group | Group number |
| session | Session number |
| subTest | "subtest7" |
| age | The age of the participant (if demographics were collected) |
| gender | Female; Male; Other (if demographics were collected) |
| taskOrder | The selected task order (if demographics were collected) |
| blockcode | The name the current block (built-in Inquisit variable) |
| blocknum | The number of the current block (built-in Inquisit variable) |
| trialcode | The name of the currently recorded trial (built-in Inquisit variable) |
| trialnum | The number of the currently recorded trial (built-in Inquisit variable) trialnum is a built-in Inquisit variable; it counts all trials run even those that do not store data to the data file. |
| trialCount | Trial counter |
| subTest7TestItem | The index of the selected image |
| testItem | The presented audio file |
| correctResponse | The dedicated correct response (= correct image from left (1) to right (5)) |
| selectedResponse | 1-5 |
| correct | Accuracy of response: 1 = correct response; 0 = otherwise |
| rt | Cumulative response latency: measured from onset of image until 'nextButton' is pressed |
The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| showAdvanceButton | True = advanceButton button (to skip a trial) is presented in the upper right corner as a '?' false = no advanceButton button is presented | false |