Reliability and validity of The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT): A clinical test of social perception

Abstract

TASIT has adequate psychometric properties as a clinical test of social perception. It is not overly prone to practice effects and is reliable for repeat administrations. Performance on TASIT is affected by information processing speed, working memory, new learning and executive functioning, but the uniquely social material that comprises the stimuli for TASIT will provide useful insights into the particular difficulties people with clinical conditions experience when interpreting complex social phenomena.

Emotion perception deficits following traumatic brain injury: A review of the evidence and rationale for intervention

“…There is some evidence for an association between executive function and emotion perception in TBI (Bornhofen & McDonald, in press;McDonald et al, 2006;McDonald & Saunders, 2005). Other types of dysfunction, such as slowed information processing and variable attention may compromise an individual's ability to track the continuous flow of data presented in social interactions.…”

“…Before leaving this discussion of the neuropsychology of emotion perception deficits in TBI, it is important to acknowledge that impairment of "nonsocial cognitive processes" (a term used by Adolphs and others in research on social cognition- Adolphs, 1999Adolphs, , 2003Adolphs, , 2006Brüne et al, 2007;Decety & Jackson, 2004;Satpute & Lieberman, 2006), such as attention, learning, information processing speed, cognitive flexibility, and awareness of deficits, are likely to contribute to the failure of those with TBI to perceive emotional cues accurately and efficiently (Lezak, 1995;McDonald, 2003;McDonald et al, 2006;Prigatano, 1999;Sohlberg & Mateer, 2001;Trower, 1980). There is some evidence for an association between executive function and emotion perception in TBI (Bornhofen & McDonald, in press;McDonald et al, 2006;McDonald & Saunders, 2005).…”

Revised Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) - Brazilian version

“…This test has excellent ecological validity and comprises visual, verbal, and non-verbal issues, which other tasks/tests fail to investigate. 39 TASIT has three parts, the third of which is considered to assess ToM through video presentations. Continued advancement in methods for the evaluation of social cognition is required to shed light on new perspectives that are increasingly being considered as crucial to changes in psychiatry and, consequently, to improvement of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and even avoidance strategies for mental disorders.…”

Social cognition and executive functioning predictors of supervisors’ appraisal of interpersonal behaviour in the workplace following acquired brain injury

“…The ecological validity of the TASIT has been demonstrated via significant correlations between test performance and everyday social-conversational abilities (McDonald et al, 2006). The two mentalising tasks used in this study have been shown to converge with other measures of mentalising (Baron-Cohen et al, 2003;Stone et al, 1998) and test performance predicts aspects of interpersonal and social functioning, as rated by others (Milders et al, 2001).…”