Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comparative Study
. 2006 Jul;36(5):623-36.
doi: 10.1007/s10803-006-0107-0.

Introducing MASC: a movie for the assessment of social cognition

Isabel Dziobek  1 , Stefan Fleck, Elke Kalbe, Kimberley Rogers, Jason Hassenstab, Matthias Brand, Josef Kessler, Jan K Woike, Oliver T Wolf, Antonio Convit
Affiliations
Comparative Study

Introducing MASC: a movie for the assessment of social cognition

Isabel Dziobek et al. J Autism Dev Disord. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

In the present study we introduce a sensitive video-based test for the evaluation of subtle mindreading difficulties: the Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition (MASC). This new mindreading tool involves watching a short film and answering questions referring to the actors' mental states. A group of adults with Asperger syndrome (n = 19) and well-matched control subjects (n = 20) were administered the MASC and three other mindreading tools as part of a broader neuropsychological testing session. Compared to control subjects, Asperger individuals exhibited marked and selective difficulties in social cognition. A Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis for the mindreading tests identified the MASC as discriminating the diagnostic groups most accurately. Issues pertaining to the multidimensionality of the social cognition construct are discussed.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Cognition. 1994 Apr-Jun;50(1-3):115-32 - PubMed
    1. Br J Psychol. 1988 Nov;79 ( Pt 4):441-53 - PubMed
    1. J Autism Dev Disord. 1999 Oct;29(5):395-406 - PubMed
    1. Cognition. 1993 Aug;48(2):101-19 - PubMed
    1. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1971 Feb;17(2):124-9 - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources