Mind Reading: The Interactive Guide To Emotions [Audiobook] [Hardcover]

Simon Baron-Cohen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1843102145 | ISBN-13: 978-1843102144 | Publication Date: March 2004 | Edition: DVD

"Mind Reading" is a unique reference work covering the entire spectrum of human emotions. It is available as a DVD-ROM and also as a set of CD-ROMs running on either a Windows or an Apple Macintosh computer. Using the software you can explore over 400 emotions, seeing and hearing each one performed by six different people. There are three main sections: Emotions Library, Learning Centre and Games Zone. "Mind Reading" is for everyone interested in emotions. It has been designed with awareness of the needs of children and adults who may want to improve their ability to recognize emotions in others. It is also an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, those involved in social skills training and people working in the dramatic arts. Emotions Library - Here you can study 412 different emotions organized into 24 groups. Six video clips are provided for each emotion showing close-up performances by a wide range of people (old, young, male, female). Six audio clips express the intonation of each emotion. There are definitions and stories for each emotion, a search facility, and a scrapbook where you can create and organize your own collections. Learning Center - Learn to improve your emotion recognition skills in this section. Valuable to a wide set of users of all ages, including people on the autistic spectrum. A variety of lessons and quizzes are provided to present emotions in a systematic way and then to test recognition. The difficulty of some lessons can be adjusted to suit a wide range of ability levels. A rich set of collectible rewards is provided to help motivate users. Games Zone - If you want to have fun with emotions then play one of the games in this section. See how world famous actor Daniel Radcliffe reacts to being offered some raw squid! Visit a school, an office or a market to play with emotions in the real world. Play a fast moving card game where you have to match the faces to win or guess the emotion in the hidden face. The Games Zone encourages informal learning about emotions in a less structured setting. System Requirements: DVD-ROM drive to play from optical disc (300 MBfree space needed on hard drive), CD-ROM drive to install from optical disc (2.5 GB free space needed on hard drive), Minimum Pentium 2 running Windows 98 or later with 32 MB RAM or Apple Power Mac running OS 9.2 or later with 16 MB available RAM for application, Pentium 3 or faster recommended, Minimum screen size 800 x 600, with 16 bit display, and Sound card and speakers required.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'An adult or teenager with Asperger's syndrome who struggles to decipher facial expressions and their emotional link would find it valuable. I work in school using a joint working/consultative model and have to plan my use of the software carefully. I would have no hesitation in recommending this to teaching colleagues. The manual is simple and refreshed my approach to programme planning.' - Bulletin 'I am delighted that my acting might actually help people with autism learn to recognize how other people feel. It is wonderful that drama and special education can be combined in this exciting new software.' - Daniel Radcliffe

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub; DVD edition (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843102145
• ISBN-13: 978-1843102144
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,433,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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116 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great program for teaching emotions, April 15, 2004

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"shat350" (Dunkirk, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mind Reading: The Interactive Guide to Emotions (Hardcover)

I have been using the Mind Reading software program for about 2 months with several students. This is a great way to teach students with high-functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome recognition of emotions. The amazon description has this product listed as a book, but it is actually an interactive software program that features actors that act out various emotions (over 400! emotions). The program helps the student to focus on the movement of the faces as the actors act out an emotion as well as voice tone and messages to match the emotion. The program helps students learn about emotions without the stress of the human component. I have already started to see positive results with students starting to question the emotions of those around them and in their lives.
As a social skills facilitator for students with high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome I highly recommend!