A new videotest for measuring emotion recognition ability

A new measure for emotion recognition abilities, the Videotest of Emotion Recognition, is described. Two aspects in emotion recognition are distinguished, accuracy of recognition of emotion types that constitute the emotional state of the observed person and sensitivity to the intensity of the observed emotions. The Videotest of Emotion Recognition allows obtaining the accuracy and sensitivity indices that reflect these two aspects of emotion recognition. Psychometric analysis showed satisfactory reliability and validity of the indices