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An experimental study for measuring individual differences of social cognitive ability in typical developed adults

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20530565
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Social psychology
Research InstitutionChiba University

Principal Investigator

WAKABAYASHI Akio  Chiba University, 文学部, 教授 (30175062)

Project Period (FY) 2008 – 2010
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords社会的認知 / 個人差 / 測定法 / 一般成人 / 感情 / 心の理論 / 定型発達成人
Research Abstract

It is needed that a reliable and valid instrument for measuring individual's social cognitive ability in performance style. In this study, we examind this issue using the newly developed performance task (MPMR Test). This task was designed to measure individual differences insocial cognitive ability. In this task short scenes from film clips showing characters in social situations were presented to the participants, and they were asked to judge characters' mental states. The distribution of the task performance of participants was approximately normal and its psychometric properties were found to be satisfactory. The MPMR Test scores correlated positively with scores on the Empathy Quotient (EQ) ; they carrelated negatively with scores on the Systemzing Quotient (SQ). The MPMR Test provides a further method for assessing subtle individual differences in mind-reading, that is social cognitive, ability in the general population.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2010 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2009 Annual Research Report
  • 2008 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2011 2010 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results) Presentation (3 results) Book (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] The motion Picture Mind-Reading Test : Measuring individual differences of social cognitive ability in a young adult population in Japan.2011

    • Author(s)
      Wakabayashi A., Katsumata A.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Individual Differences 32(2)

      Pages: 55-64

    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Determining differences in social cognition between high-functioning autistic disorder and other pervasive developmental disorders using new advanced "mind-reading" tasks.2011

    • Author(s)
      Kuroda M., Wakabayashi A., Uchiyama T., Yoshida Y., Koyama T., Kamio Y.
    • Journal Title

      Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 5

      Pages: 554-561

    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Motion Picture Mind-Reading Test : Measuring individual differences of social cognitive ability in a young adult population in Japan.2011

    • Author(s)
      Wakabayashi, 他1名
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Individual Differences

      Volume: 32 Pages: 55-64

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Determining differences in social cognition between high-functioning autistic disorder and other pervasive developmental disorders using new advanced "mind-reading" tasks2011

    • Author(s)
      Wakabayashi, A., 他5名
    • Journal Title

      Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

      Volume: 5 Pages: 554-561

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Neuropsychological approach to identifying risky driving behaviors2010

    • Author(s)
      Wakabayashi, A., 他1名
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Intelligent Systems

      Volume: 25 Pages: 91-96

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Sex differences in two fundamental cognitive domains : Empathizing and systemizing in children and adults.

    • Author(s)
      Wakabayashi A., Sasaki J., Ogawa Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Individual Differences. (in press)

    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Individual difference in emotion recognition under brief exposure duration and EEG asymmetries.2010

    • Author(s)
      Kubota, M., Wakabavashi.A.
    • Organizer
      12^<th> European Conference on Personality
    • Place of Presentation
      Brno, Czech Republic
    • Year and Date
      2010-07-22
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Empathizing and Systemizing as fundamental cognitive drives : From Autism Spectrum to General population2010

    • Author(s)
      Wakabayashi, Akio
    • Organizer
      University Conference of Psychological Research
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Sussex, UK
    • Year and Date
      2010-03-04
    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Individual difference in emotion recognition under brief exposure duration and EEG asymmetries.2010

    • Author(s)
      Kubota M., Wakabayashi A.
    • Organizer
      The 15^<th> European Conference on Personality
    • Place of Presentation
      Brno, Czech Republic
    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Book] 認知の個人差2011

    • Author(s)
      箱田裕司・若林明雄・他
    • Total Pages
      287
    • Publisher
      北大路書房
    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Book] 認知の個人差2011

    • Author(s)
      若林明雄
    • Total Pages
      287
    • Publisher
      北大路書房
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 発達障害の臨床心理学2010

    • Author(s)
      東條吉邦・若林明雄・他
    • Total Pages
      289
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版会
    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report

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