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ArticleDevelopment and psychopathology2025

Reading the mind in infant eyes test: A measure of the recognition of infant emotion.

Whitney Barnett, Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Casey Carrow, Hannah A Piersiak, Lauren G Bailes, Jada Ledgister, Kathryn L Humphreys

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7 authors.

Whitney BarnettDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5082-7864
Julia Garon-BissonnetteDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0674-2462
Casey CarrowDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7718-5229
Hannah A PiersiakDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1458-8215
Lauren G BailesDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-1771
Jada LedgisterDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Kathryn L HumphreysDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5715-6597

Funding

Overall: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at VanderbiltP50HD103537 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Lea K Davis · 2020 to 2026
$10.3M
LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL BEHAVIORT32MH018921 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HUMPHREYS, KATHRYN LEIGH · 1989 to 2024
$6.7M
Adapting a web-based parent training to reduce child maltreatmentK01HD112541 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Whitney Christine Barnett · 2024 to 2026
$385k
NICHD NIH HHS K01 HD112541NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103537NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH018921
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emotion recognition, the ability to interpret others' emotional expressions and infer mental states, is crucial for caregiver-child interactions. The ability to accurately recognize infant emotions may facilitate attuned and responsive caregiving. Across two studies, we validate a novel measure to assess the recognition of infants' emotions (Reading the Mind in Infant Eyes Test [RMIET]) and investigate how this ability relates to observed caregiving. Study 1 examined item-level performance in 55 infant mental health experts and 100 undergraduate students. Study 2 examined RMIET scores in 133 pregnant people and their later caregiving when their children were 18-month-old. In Study 1, agreement was high among both mental health experts (ICC = .82) and undergraduate students (ICC = .93), providing evidence of the content validity of the RMIET. In Study 2, scores assessing the recognition of adult and infant emotions were positively correlated (

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caregiver sensitivityemotion perceptionReading the Mind in Infant Eyes Testrecognition of infant emotion

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PMID40170633
PMCPMC12353534

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