From my understanding, people on the autism spectrum have difficulty reading people's emotions and general social cues. I'm curious how these people develop these skills and what one can do to improve them. I ask this as a matter of personal interest; while I am somewhat neurotypical, I feel this is an area where I am very lacking.
(Sidenote: would this be considered an appropriate used of the discussion section?)
ETA: I took the test myself and scored below normal:
Your score: 20 A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30, you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult
I did, indeed, find the test extremely difficult. I usually look at the mouth more than the eyes when trying to read faces...
24 here. Higher than I thought I'd get. I was distracted by how my peripheral vision was filled with the other faces. And in real life, you do get the whole face, which gives context to the eyes.
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35. It felt hard, but apparently I'm better at this that I'd have thought. Really surprising how subtle this is -- modeling expression recognition would be a hell of a challenge.
From my understanding, people on the autism spectrum have difficulty reading people's emotions and general social cues. I'm curious how these people develop these skills and what one can do to improve them. I ask this as a matter of personal interest; while I am somewhat neurotypical, I feel this is an area where I am very lacking.
(Sidenote: would this be considered an appropriate used of the discussion section?)