A new standardized stimulus set for studying need-of-help recognition (NeoHelp).

ABSTRACT: This article presents the NeoHelp visual stimulus set created to facilitate investigation of need-of-help recognition with clinical and normative populations of different ages, including children. Need-of-help recognition is one aspect of socioemotional development and a necessary precondition for active helping. The NeoHelp consists of picture pairs showing everyday situations: The first item in a pair depicts a child needing help to achieve a goal; the second one shows the child achieving the goal. Pictures of birds in analogue situations are also included. These control stimuli enable implementation of a human-animal categorization task which serves to separate behavioral correlates specific to need-of-help recognition from general differentiation processes. It is a concern in experimen

SUBMITTER: Brielmann AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3883661 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature