Zara Godinovich

Profile

Thesis Title
Emotion recognition and intellectual disability: Development of the kinetic emotion recognition assessment (KERA) and evaluation of the emotion specificity hypothesis

Research Description
The current study aims to clarify the nature of facial emotion recognition abilities in adults with Intellectual Disability. To this end a video based test of facial affect recognition has been developed and a preliminary pilot study carried out. The measure has been developed to assess emotion recognition abilities, while attempting to reduce information processing demands beyond those required to perceive the emotional content of stimuli. We hope that this research will help researchers clarify the link between emotion recognition and social skills, and in time help coordinate better care and social learning opportunities for individuals with an intellectual disability. We are currently seeking adults without intellectual disability to serve as a comparison group in this study. If you think you may be interested in participating in this research, please contact Zara (0211694768) for further information.

Personal Description
I am completing this piece of research in partial fulfilment of the degree Doctor of Clinical Psychology.

Supervisors
Associate Professor Richard Fletcher
Associate Professor Ian De Terte