Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test

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I come across this test just recently, after being diagnosed with HFA. 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. Anyway, I scored a 32 and have found an interesting pattern to the ones I missed.

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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.....

23, and i thought i was doing quite well.

but there were a few where i thought the eyes were the complete opposite to the options listed. Like there was one set that looked "playfull/happy" but my options were something like shy,angry,depresed and thoughtful.

Side note: I also dont have any form of autism.

(I'm on this site because i find it interesting, so sorry for lurking)

Welcome , Throat! I suspect a lot of the posters here started as lurkers. I know I did. I doubt anyone minds.

I scored a 34 of 36. Like previous people posting, I am good at tests, especially multiple choice. Also, I am less skillful in person than looking at photos. I first noticed this after attending a memorial service (like a wake without alcohol) during which I did not notice the sad faces until I got home and looked at the photos I took. I was amazed at the degree of sadness in the photos, since I had no idea during the event.

I did quite well on this test when I did it a while ago. However I wonder if that was because I've seen so many facial expressions on TV, magazines, cartoons etc.

If I had to judge them based on my own real interactions with people I'm not sure I would have got many of them.

Also, if there were no multiple choice answers I would have really struggled to find a description for most of them.

The correlation between an official Asperger's Diagnosis and this test was below .3 in my study, meaning it's not highly associated. In other words, you could very well be an aspie but do well on this test.

I got 23.

You'd think Aspies would get low scores on this test, but it seems like our scores are about average.

I scored a 17. I need to get out more , and also study facial expressions.

Yikes! 20

I kind of wondered if there is a correlation between picking up body language and overall emotionality. I mean I'm a very moody and high strung person. I notice very easily in others the things I am sensitive to myself. It's not that hard for me to pick it up when someone is slightly uncomfortable or annoyed because I almost feel it myself. I think people who are more emotionally detached themselves might not notice moods in others as easily.

20. uh oh

I scored 22.

But I don't really like this test - I suspect I scored higher on this test than I would in real life because it was multiple choice.

If I looked at the eyes first I would analyse, come up with an answer was and then see that answer was not on the list and get stumped...

But I noticed that if I read the options first and then looked at the eyes, I was more likely to get it correct by a process of elimination.

In real life we don't get a list of 4 emotions to choose from; it could be anything. Given my responses when I didn't look at the answers first, I really don't stand much of a chance of getting it right in real life.

I'll stick with looking away, or watching the mouth, and analysing the words instead, thank you very much. I stand just as much chance that way, I think.

I only got a 14 and I literally guessed on most of the questions. To be honest I can't believe I even got that high! I just don't read people.

26.

I got 28. Interesting test!

34 - well above average and now wondering if I'm going to get an AS diagnosis!