Do you occasionally notice facial expressions?

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When I talk to others, I will oftentimes look out in space. Or, if I am looking at the other person, I will look at their mouth. As such, I rarely notice facial expressions. But every once in a while, I will.

Recently, I was telling a manager about an incident which was one of those, “can you believe this?” types of things. After I told her, I noticed her eyes went big. They almost bulged. I suppose she was shocked, mystified, surprised, something.

I am wondering if others in the forum simply don’t notice this stuff because they are not looking for it? Or, they miss it entirely because it is so subtle? Or, they see it, but interpret it incorrectly? Or, they notice it when it is that obvious? Just curious.

I notice lots of different facial expressions because I've worked really hard on understanding body language. An NT does it naturally but we have to learn it the hard way.

I'll only notice if it's something very obvious and dramatic (usually done by actors on TV, or movies – and even then I don't always understand what it means!) But my general impression is that the people I talk to in real life don't use facial expressions at all. For example, I cannot recall a single time when anyone in my family has ever used a facial expression. They probably have, but I sure don't see it!

I notice many of them; I just don't always know what they mean. I usually think, "Heh heh, that person made a funny face," or sometimes I just don't make any comment in my head, because it was little. Other times, I don't know they made it, because I was busy listening to them or looking away from them.

I see the facial expression but I incorrectly guess what the facial expression means. I took a facial expression test and only got 50% correct and the ones I got correct were obvious (mad, sad, happy)

I'm autistic and I don't have a problem reading facial expressions unless you call panicking and asking repeatedly what's going on when someone has a negative expression on their face. It is pretty obvious a smile means happieness and a frown means anger and a pout means sad...I think its the expressions in between that are the hardest.

I dont really look at peoples faces
I tend to look behind their head

Sometimes I don't notice because I'm not paying attention. Sometimes I notice and misinterpret expressions. When I notice my mum's facial expressions that aren't happy smiles I usually think she's angry or annoyed with me but sometimes she explains that she's just bored, sad ect. Other times I notice and interpret expressions correctly (e.g I think my mum's angry with me and she is indeed very angry with me ).

When I was a kid I didn't notice or pay attention to facial expressions a lot. When I was about ten or eleven I started to pay more attention to them. I naturally got better at reading them when I actually paid attention to them. I could still read basic ones when I was younger than ten.

I notice facial expressions a lot, I just don't always know how to interpret them.

Being unable to look at faces and thus not noting facial expression has caused quite a few problems in my life.

If I'n looking at the person's face, which I'm often not, I'll notice their expressions; I just won't necessarily be able to interpret them, and to figure out how best to interpret them in that particular context.

Next to none.

Before knowing about autism i didn't even know they existed much less see them, i have never noticed and or cared.