People with autism spectrum disorder interpret facial expressions differently. Researchers have revealed more about how this comes to be. They induced abnormalities into a neural network model to ...

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The ability of people with autism to accurately identify facial expressions is affected by the speed at which the expression is produced and its intensity, according to new research. Autistic people's ...

When a baby smiles at you, it’s almost impossible not to smile back. This spontaneous reaction to a facial expression is part of the back-and-forth that allows us to understand each other’s emotions ...