The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is the most popular adult measure of individual differences in theory of mind. We present a meta-analytic investigation of the test’s psychometric properties (k = 119 effect sizes, 61 studies, n_total = 8,611 persons). Using random effects models, we found the internal consistency of the test was acceptable (α = .73). However, the RMET was more strongly related with emotion perception (r = .33, ρ = .48) relative to alternative theory of mind measures (r = .29, ρ = .39), and weakly to moderately related with vocabulary (r = .25, ρ = .32), cognitive empathy (r = .14, ρ = .20), and affective empathy (r = .13, ρ = .19). Overall, we conclude that the RMET operates rather as emotion perception measure than as theory of mind measure, challenging the interpretation of RMET results.

眼中读心测试 (RMET) 是最流行的成人心理理论个体差异测量方法。我们对测试的心理测量特性进行了荟萃分析调查（k = 119 效应量，61 项研究，n_总计= 8,611 人）。使用随机效应模型，我们发现测试的内部一致性是可以接受的 (α = .73)。然而，相对于心理测量的替代理论 ( r = .29, ρ = .39)， RMET 与情绪感知 ( r = .33, ρ = .48) 的相关性更强，与词汇量的相关性为弱至中度相关 ( r = .25, ρ = .32)、认知移情 ( r = .14, ρ = .20) 和情感移情 ( r= .13，ρ = .19）。总体而言，我们得出的结论是，RMET 与其作为心理测量理论相比，不如作为情绪感知测量，这对 RMET 结果的解释提出了挑战。