The complex audio visual emotion assessment task (CAVEAT): development of a shorter version for clinical use.

The new shortened forms of the CAVEAT are promising tools that are sensitive and valid for assessing emotion perception in people with TBI for clinical purposes. Their application in other clinical disorders is yet to be examined.Implications for rehabilitationEmotion perception deficits are present in many clinical populations and an important target for rehabilitation.CAVEAT Short provides ecologically valid emotional stimuli. Such stimuli are important for assessing real world function and to set rehabilitation targets.By having parallel versions of CAVEAT, there is the opportunity to test pre and post intervention while minimising practice effects.Alternatively, one version of CAVEAT-S can be used for assessment, while the other is used for training purposes during remediation.