___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *'READING THE MIND IN FILMS' - Child Version* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 08-18-2016 last updated: 02-28-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-28-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements a computerized version of the "Reading the Mind in Films Task" (Child Version) by Golan et al (2008). The Task provides a measure of complex emotion recognition in children. References; Ofer Golan, Simon Baron-Cohen & Yael Golan (2008). The ‘Reading the Mind in Films’ Task [Child Version]: Complex Emotion and Mental State Recognition in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Conditions. J Autism Dev Disord (2008) 38:1534–1541. O. Golan, S. Baron-Cohen, J.J. Hill and Y. Golan, (2006) The 'Reading the Mind in Films' Task: complex emotion recognition in adults with and without autism spectrum conditions Social Neuroscience,1 (2), 111-123. Notes: Films can be downloaded from: https://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc_tests for genuine research purposes and acknowledgement of the ARC (Autism Research Centre - Cambridge University) as the source ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TASK DESCRIPTION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Participants view 22 film clips (+ 1 practice) and are asked to select one of 4 possible adjectives to describe the emotion of one of the characters. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 15 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'readingnindinfilm_child_raw*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)* build: The specific Inquisit version used (the 'build') that was run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) date, time: date and time script was run subject, group: with the current subject/groupnumber session: with the current session id blockcode, blocknum: the name and number of the current block (built-in Inquisit variable) trialcode, trialnum: the name and number of the currently recorded trial (built-in Inquisit variable) Note: trialnum is a built-in Inquisit variable; it counts all trials run; even those that do not store data to the data file such as feedback trials. Thus, trialnum may not reflect the number of main trials run per block. movie: stores the movie currently presented stimulusitem.1-4: the presented stimuli in order of trial presentation correctResponse: stores the correct response (A-D) response: the participant's response (A-D) correct: accuracy of response: 1 = correct response; 0 = otherwise latency: the response latency (in ms); measured from: offset of movie (2) Summary data file: 'readingnindinfilm_child_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)* inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startdate: date script was run starttime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) propCorrect: proportion correct selections meanRT: mean latency (in ms) of correct selections SD_RT: standard deviation (in ms) of correct selection latencies * separate data files: to change to one data file for all participants (on Inquisit Lab only), go to section "DATA" and follow further instructions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * 24 short film clips (+ 1 practice clip) -> order of films is the same for each participant (sequential sampling) * Trial Sequence: a) presentation of next target question + answer choices (continues upon Spacebar press) b) presentation of film (+ presentation of target question + answer choices) (continues once movie ends) c) Response collection via mouse click (optional definition handout presented on screen -> see Editable Parameters) Note: Definition Handout (of the adjectives) provided with this script ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STIMULI ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Films and Materials made available for genuine research by ARC (Autism Research Centre - Cambridge University) at: https://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc_tests ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Instructions made available for genuine research by ARC (Autism Research Centre - Cambridge University) at: https://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc_tests (minimal edits for this script) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /showDefinitionHandout: true: the Definition Handout is automatically presented as an htm-stimulus on screen anytime participants are asked to select a word false: no Definition Handout is automatically presented (default) Note: an Excel file of the Definition Handout by https://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc_tests is provided with the script /iti: intertrial interval in ms (default: 500)