Golan Ofer, Baron-Cohen Simon, Hill Jacqueline J, Rutherford M D
Department of Psychiatry, Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, CB2 2AH, Cambridge, UK.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2007 Jul;37(6):1096-106. doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0252-5.
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).
本研究报告了“从声音中解读心理”(RMV)任务的一个修订版本。原始任务(Rutherford等人,(2002年),《自闭症与发育障碍杂志》,第32卷,第189 - 194页)存在天花板效应且敏感性有限。为了改进这一点,该任务被缩短,并且在每个剩余项目中又添加了两个干扰项。约50名患有阿斯伯格综合征(AS)或高功能自闭症(HFA)的成年人以及22名匹配的对照组参与了修订后的任务。结果表明,修订后的任务具有良好的信度和效度,难度更大,并且在区分AS/HFA组与对照组方面更具敏感性。言语智商与表现呈正相关,并且在AS/HFA组中女性的表现比男性更差。针对自闭症谱系障碍(ASC)中的多模态共情缺陷对结果进行了讨论。