The 'Reading the Mind in the Voice' test-revised: A study of complex emotion recognition in adults with and without autism spectrum conditions

Ofer Golan; Simon Baron-Cohen; Jacqueline J. Hill; M. D. Rutherford

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The 'Reading the Mind in the Voice' test-revised: A study of complex emotion recognition in adults with and without autism spectrum conditions

Ofer Golan, Simon Baron-Cohen, Jacqueline J. Hill, M. D. Rutherford

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Abstract

This study reports a revised version of the 'Reading the Mind in the Voice' (RMV) task. The original task (Rutherford et al., (2002), Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 32, 189-194) suffered from ceiling effects and limited sensitivity. To improve that, the task was shortened and two more foils were added to each of the remaining items. About 50 adults with Asperger Syndrome (AS) or High Functioning Autism (HFA) and 22 matched controls took the revised task. Results show the revised task has good reliability and validity, is harder, and more sensitive in distinguishing the AS/HFA group from controls. Verbal IQ was positively correlated with performance, and females performed worse than males in the AS/HFA group. Results are discussed with regard to multi modal empathizing deficits in autism spectrum conditions (ASC).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1096-1106
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	37
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0252-5
State	Published - Jul 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments OG was supported by the Corob Charitable Trust, the Cambridge Overseas Trust and the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR). SBC and JH were supported by the Shirley Foundation and the Medical Research Council (MRC). We are grateful to Autism West Midlands, Autism London, European Services for People with Autism (ESPA), The Interact Centre, and to Chris Ashwin, Sally Wheelwright, Yael Golan and Sarah Johnson.

Funding

Acknowledgments OG was supported by the Corob Charitable Trust, the Cambridge Overseas Trust and the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR). SBC and JH were supported by the Shirley Foundation and the Medical Research Council (MRC). We are grateful to Autism West Midlands, Autism London, European Services for People with Autism (ESPA), The Interact Centre, and to Chris Ashwin, Sally Wheelwright, Yael Golan and Sarah Johnson.

Funders	Funder number
Corob Charitable Trust
National Alliance for Autism Research
Shirley Foundation
Medical Research Council	G0600977

Keywords

Adults
Autism spectrum
Complex emotions
Emotion recognition
Theory of mind
Voice perception

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