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Autistic children can interpret mental states when facial expressions are animated

Findings from a new study reveal that autistic children can interpret information around a person's eyes in order to interpret the person's mental state. It was previously thought that autistic children's difficulty interpreting mental states of others was largely due to difficulty interpreting expressions around the eyes. Digital imaging methods were used to isolate regions of the face, which provided a more accurate measurement of these abilities of autistic children than in previous studies.

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