Sapient wrote:
I am wondering if a high score in the eye reading test absolutely excludes and Autism diagnosis, as they suggest. It seems likely that an autistic person's brain could, for whatever reason, break down micro-expressions in such a mechanical way that it becomes a very Autistic trait, instead of the excluder.
Yes, I agree. The first time I saw this test, I had a hard time with it. Now, I´ve seen this test and variations of it, and, upon learning about AS, I´ve also read some books about facial expressions, etc. I notice that I´ve become much better at this kind of thing, and I bet I could score quite high now. The times I took tests of this sort, my scores got progressively higher. In other words, I´ve learned how to do it well.
Unfortunately, I notice that when I watch dvds, I still often feel like I´m missing a lot of what´s going on non-verbally. So becoming good at a freeze-face test didn´t necessarily help me in regular, moving situations. Not to mention real life situations.....
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