Autistic people can read most emotions in facial expressions

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The Telegraph: "Autistic people can read most emotions in facial expressions – except anger"

Strange.

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I'm good at reading facial expressions, particularly anger.

That is... 100% the opposite of my experience. Anger is the only emotion I can reliably see.

I am hyperalert to anger. I think that has to do with childhood abuse, though, not autism. One learns to monitor the abuser real carefully.

I took a computer course on microexpressions; these are the ones you can't control and last only milliseconds. I was a total failure on that.

Small sample size, research not replicated elsewhere. I wouldn't make too much of this one study.

I have no idea whether or not the study got it right...but I'll toss out a question:

Those of you who say you are good at detecting anger, do you do it based solely upon facial expression?

When I was diagnosed the psychologist showed me some pictures and asked me what the individual's emotion was. I told her I would have to hear the noises they were making.

I can recognise emotions in peoples faces except I'm generally not looking at their faces because that's extremely uncomfortable to do.

Interesting that anger would be a block though.

Sometimes I go by smell.

I can pick up the energy vibes from anger.

I don't look at faces so I wouldn't have a clue what any expression is telling me.

I can read cartoon emotions because they are exaggerated and unambiguous in their intent. I find most humans are conflicted in their emotions and there always seems to be an attempt to disguise the emotion to some degree unless it reaches the point where they laugh, cry, bang their fist down hard on the table or whatever. You could smile at an offensive joke in such a way that it becomes a grimace because you're not sure if it would be appropriate to laugh or not, for example. People try hard not to cry because they would be embarrassed, so they may look half angry half sad. That makes it hard for me to read.

"So . . . you are sad-mad“ Scene

This is how I look when I'm happy