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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019

Psychometric Properties and Validation of the EMOTICOM Test Battery in a Healthy Danish Population.

Vibeke H Dam, Christa K Thystrup, Peter S Jensen, Amy R Bland, Erik L Mortensen, Rebecca Elliott, Barbara J Sahakian, Gitte M Knudsen, Vibe G Frokjaer, Dea S Stenbæk

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Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Vibeke H DamNeurobiology Research Unit, The Neuroscience Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christa K ThystrupNeurobiology Research Unit, The Neuroscience Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Peter S JensenNeurobiology Research Unit, The Neuroscience Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Amy R BlandNeuroscience and Psychiatric Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Erik L MortensenDepartment of Public Health and Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Rebecca ElliottNeuroscience and Psychiatric Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Barbara J SahakianDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Gitte M KnudsenNeurobiology Research Unit, The Neuroscience Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vibe G FrokjaerNeurobiology Research Unit, The Neuroscience Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dea S StenbækNeurobiology Research Unit, The Neuroscience Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Medical Research Council MC_PC_14112
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disruptions in hot cognition, i.e., the processing of emotionally salient information, are prevalent in most neuropsychiatric disorders and constitute a potential treatment target. EMOTICOM is the first comprehensive neuropsychological test battery developed specifically to assess hot cognition. The aim of the study was to validate and establish a Danish language version and reference data for the EMOTICOM test battery. To evaluate the psychometric properties of 11 EMOTICOM tasks, we collected data from 100 healthy Danish participants (50 males, 50 females) including retest data from 49 participants. We assessed test-retest reliability, floor and ceiling effects, task-intercorrelations, and correlations between task performance and relevant demographic and descriptive factors. We found that test-retest reliability varied from poor to excellent while some tasks exhibited floor or ceiling effects. Intercorrelations among EMOTICOM task outcomes were low, indicating that the tasks capture different cognitive constructs. EMOTICOM task performance was largely independent of age, sex, education, and IQ as well as current mood, personality, and self-reported motivation and diligence during task completion. Overall, many of the EMOTICOM tasks were found to be useful and objective measures of hot cognition although select tasks may benefit from modifications to avoid floor and ceiling effects in healthy individuals.

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affective cognitionEMOTICOMhot cognitionneuropsychological test batterypsychometricssocial cognition

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PMID31849772
PMCPMC6901831

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