Discomfort with making eye contact is not exclusive to individuals with autism diagnosis but scales with autistic traits found in the population. While this social unease is common among those with higher autistic traits, it is not the direct cause of difficulties in recognizing facial expressions.
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Eye contact discomfort does not explain slower emotion recognition in autistic individuals
New research finds that while autistic traits predict discomfort with eye contact, this uneasiness does not cause slower emotion recognition. The findings suggest these are distinct cognitive issues rather than a cause-and-effect relationship.
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Your facial expressivity may be to thank for a great social network. Recent research ties facial expressiveness to social network size and richness
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Horror soundtracks can make friendly smiles feel eerie and threatening, study finds. Scary music can subtly alter how people interpret human facial expressions, making even smiling faces seem somewhat threatening.
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Horror soundtracks can make friendly smiles feel eerie and threatening, study finds
A new study in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests scary music subtly alters how people interpret facial expressions. By tracking subjective ratings and eye responses, researchers found ominous soundtracks can make even friendly faces…
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