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Table 1 SocialVille training exercise

From: Randomized controlled trial of computer-based treatment of social cognition in schizophrenia: the TRuSST trial protocol

Exercise

Description

Affect Perception

 

Name That Feeling

Select the label which correctly describes the target facial affect (stills)

Face It

Identify the target face within a group of faces

Match that Feeling

Match the facial affect of the target face with that of an array of different faces

Voice Choice

Select the label which correctly describes the target vocal affect (prosody)

Second That Emotion

Match pairs of cards that express the same facial affect

Second That Intonation

Match pairs of cards that express the same vocal affect (prosody)

Emotion Motion

Select the label which correctly describes the target facial affect (video clips)

Emotion Motion:Flashback

Memorize a sequence of facial expressions (video clips)

Social Cue Perception

 

Recognition

Select the target face from an array of neural faces

Face It: Flashback

Memorize a sequence of faces

Gaze Cast

Follow the gaze shift of a person, to track the peripheral object looked at

Gaze Match

Select the target gaze from an array of gazes (irrespective of face identity)

Life Stories

Answer questions regarding social cues after listening to a segmented story

Face Facts

Memorize visually-presented social facts about individuals presented serially

In the Know

Memorize aurally-presented social facts about individuals

Face and Name

Memorize pairs of faces and names

Pragmatic Ambiguity

Determine if the given conversation makes sense (visual scene)

Social Skills

Choose the best way to respond during a difficult conversation

Self-Referential Style

 

Mass Affect

Memorize internally-generated valence labels over time

Bright Whites

Identify which of two people displayed the more positive affect

Grin Hunting

Select the more positive scene to detect smiles in a subsequent image

Theory of Mind

 

Social Scenes

Rate the likehood of people’s reactions and feelings in social situations

What Joe’s Thinking?

Track a person’s gaze shift to determine if they are looking at the same object as the person in their line of view

What Happened?

Determine the most likely scenario given the least amount of hints

Say What?

Decide how would a person would respond in a given situation (audio scene)

Person Description

Infer what someone believes based on given facts about them.

Empathy

 

Multi-person Perspective-Taking

Decide how a person will be affected by a given situation (visual scene)