The “Reading the Mind in Films” Task: A Pilot Study on Complex Emotion and Mental State Recognition for the Italian Adaptation in Adults with and Without Autism Spectrum Conditions
Raffaele Simone Scuotto, Sofia Bonfanti, Paola Ricciardelli · 2024
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Description
Raffaele Simone Scuotto and colleagues piloted a film-based mind-reading test in Italy in 2024. The test asks viewers to judge feelings and thoughts in film scenes. It aims at real-life social reading, not lab photos. The team adapted it into Italian with dubbed scenes. Young adults with autism took part in the pilot. They were students in a filmmaking course. A matched group of typical university students served as controls. Both groups took an eyes-only mind-reading test.
Control results matched the original study closely. That match supported the translation and dubbing quality. The autism group scored no worse than controls. The authors suggest film training may explain that result. Course work could teach students how scenes signal mental states. The pilot stays small, so claims must stay modest. Still, the adapted test now has a validation. It can support autism research in Italian settings.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Raffaele Simone Scuotto, Sofia Bonfanti, Paola Ricciardelli |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |