Multiracial Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (MRMET): An inclusive version of an influential measure.

ABSTRACT: Can an inclusive test of face cognition meet or exceed the psychometric properties of a prominent less inclusive test? Here, we norm and validate an updated version of the influential Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), a clinically significant neuropsychiatric paradigm that has long been used to assess theory of mind and social cognition. Unlike the RMET, our Multiracial Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (MRMET) incorporates racially inclusive stimuli, nongendered answer choices, ground-truth referenced answers, and more accessible vocabulary. We show, via a series of large datasets, that the MRMET meets or exceeds RMET across major psychometric indices. Moreover, the reliable signal captured by the two tests is statistically indistinguishable, evidence for full interchangeability.

SUBMITTER: Kim HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11335804 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature