First and Second order Theory of Mind Stories
The 1st and 2nd order Theory of Mind stories were used in the below studies. If you use this task in your research, we ask that you reference the task appropriately.
Langdon, R., Connors, M., & Connaughton, E. (2017). Indirect task instructions better reveal theory-of-mind impairment, independent of executive dysfunction, in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 256, 342-344.
Langdon, R., Flynn, M., Connaughton, E., & Brüne, M. (2017). Impairments of spontaneous and deliberative mentalising co-occur, yet dissociate, in schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56(4), 372-387.
- First- and Second-order False belief_deception Scoring (doc)
- First- and Second-order False belief_deception Booklets (doc)
Picture Sequencing Task
The picture sequencing task was first used in: Langdon, R., & Coltheart, M. (1999). Mentalising, schizotypy, and schizophrenia. Cognition, 71, 43-71.
If you use this task in your research, we ask that you reference the task appropriately in any publications.
- Picture Sequencing Task Information (pdf)
- Practice Stories and Old False Belief Story (zip)
- Capture Stories (zip)
- False Belief Stories (zip)
- Mechanical Stories (zip)
- Social Script Stories (zip)
Other studies involving this task include:
Langdon, R., Coltheart, M., Ward, P., & Catts, S. (2001). Mentalising, executive planning and disengagement in schizophrenia. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 6(2), 81-108.
Langdon, R., Coltheart, M., Ward, P.B., & Catts, S.V. (2002). Disturbed communication in schizophrenia: the role of poor pragmatics and poor mind-reading. Psychological Medicine, 32, 1273-1284.
Social Judgement Task
The Social Judgment Task was first used in: Langdon, R., Connors, M.H., & Connaughton, E. (2014). Social cognition and social judgment in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 1, 171-174.
If you use this task in your research, we ask that you reference the task appropriately in any publications.
- Social Judgement Task (doc)
- Social Judgement Task (annotated) (doc)
- Social Judgement Task Scoring Worksheet (excel)
Assessing Understanding of Irony and Metaphor Using a Story Comprehension task
Expression Attribution Task
- EAT Cartoons (pdf)
- EAT Faces (pdf)
- EAT Instructions (pdf)
- EAT Expression Naming (pdf)
- EAT Scoresheet (pdf)
- EAT Expression Naming (pdf)
- EAT (Based on Manly & Burgess, 1991) (pdf)