Eye expression test by Simon Baron Cohen

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I got a 21. I guess I'm more aspie than I thought:

Your score: 21
A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30,
you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions
around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult. The correct answers for the ones you missed are:
1: playful
2: upset
3: desire
4: insisting
6: fantasizing
7: uneasy
13: anticipating
16: thoughtful
20: friendly
21: fantasizing
24: pensive
25: interested
29: reflective
31: confident
33: concerned

27...

much easier than the face test.

I read through all the different thoughts and scores on this topic.
Scored a 29.
But, noticed no one mentioned trouble on being able to concentrate on what the "eyes were saying" because of the eyes above and below the other eyes. I was distracted with all them eyes. Had to cover them up so I could concentrate and answer one at a time. It did take forever. The selections given did not add up. To me some of the eyes said "nothing"

32

I dislike this test because I have a hard time reading the eyes, even though I don't have a hard time reading faces. I basically look at everything but the eyes.

I did the test some time ago and scored 26. Quite average I think.

I don't think the test is very realistic:
1. You can take your time to study the image before you answer. In a real situation it should be almost instantly, otherwise the moment may be gone already.
2. There is a multiple choice, something that is not available in a real situation.
3. I think in reality reading facial expressions is more subconsciously.

Also I think there is a difference between recognizing an expression and being able to react to it.

27, But maybe its allready been said, but some of those anwers, I didnt think any of the offered answers where what I would have said, but with the choice given, it was hard not to get the question wrong, like 3 where so widely off the mark, that it had to be the 4th by elimination.

Actually I allways seem to do well in multiple choice questionaires, purely by rejecting the obvious wrong answers.

Are you guys freak'n kidding me? I tried to take that test and it made absolutely no sense to me. You mean all you ASPIE people are really scoring this highly. Holy crap, I am broken. (I scored like an

I draw portraits so I've spent considerable effort analyzing expressions. In real life, I have a great deal of difficulty interpreting the flow of emotions in a conversation.

With more rational thinking it's more than easy I suppose, but in real life such as Flying Dutchman mentioned, you just have a glance of a second. You have to decide and anticipate in a flash of a second.

Your score: 22
A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30,
you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions
around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult.
The correct answers for the ones you missed are:
1: playful
2: upset
14: accusing
17: doubtful
19: tentative
20: friendly
24: pensive
25: interested
27: cautious
28: interested
30: flirtatious
31: confident
32: serious
34: distrustful

I found this quite difficult, had to concentrate very much and it seemed vague to me some options.
Fun, but I shouldn't rely on this.

I tried my best to answer before I looked at the choices, and when my choice wasn't in the list or anything close to something in the list, I just picked an arbitrary wrong answer even though I knew it was wrong. The ones I could figure out I understood not by the eyes, but by the tilt of the head. Anyone else find that the angle of the picture told more than the eyes themselves?

I got a 16, by the way.

Last time I took this I got a 32, this time a 33.

But, this time I paid attention to exactly what ques I was looking at for my answers much of it was the expressiveness of eyebrows. Then eye shape - open wide,squinty,neutral,etc... and then I worked the process of elimination from the answer list.

I'm pretty sure, in person, I'd only catch the most animated, obvious ones. Sitting and looking at them, it is all art training. I could never look at REAL eyes that long. Pictures are a whole different story.

I'm not aspergers and scored 27, I noticed I got the first 5 wrong as well as some others randomly scattered, so I think it takes time to get the gist of what is expected, which is the way most things are worked out, for example just looking at the eyes without seeing the whole face is difficult to work out alone, it is usually the whole face and body which is taken into account when deciding how someone is feeling, also old black and white photos without much line definition is difficult to interpret emotions from. I'd also like to add that the way I read faces is natural and I don't even know I'm doing it, but if i were to stop and focus on someones expressions, I would probably miss the point of the conversation and not respond properley because I was too zoned into reading their expressions instead of stepping back and absorbing everything, which is what I would naturally do. It's difficult to see the whole picture (of peoples emotions) when things are broken into little pieces and I really don't think interpreting subtle differences in a black and white photo of just the eyes are helpful, I worked most of them out through the process of elimination and looking at the angles, i'm currently researching ways in which to help my daughter to function socially and stumbled upon this test, but i think i will build our expression work on whole body, clear, colour images. The way I can tell my daughter doesn't understand facial expression or body language correctly, is because she does 'it' so badly, she will act hostile and with disdain when I know she wants to be friendly, she just gets it so mixed up. I know a lot of her social learning was acquired when she was about 6 and she still seems to act in the animated style of her 6 year old peers.

Welcome to WP!

Btw, I also scored 27, and I'm probably on the spectrum.

Your score: 1
A typical score is in the range 22-30. If you scored over 30,
you are very accurate at decoding a person's facial expressions
around their eyes. A score under 22 indicates you find this quite difficult. The correct answers for the ones you missed are:
1: playful
2: upset
3: desire
5: worried
6: fantasizing
7: uneasy
8: despondent
9: preoccupied
10: cautious
11: regretful
12: sceptical
13: anticipating
14: accusing
15: contemplative
16: thoughtful
17: doubtful
18: decisive
19: tentative
20: friendly
21: fantasizing
22: preoccupied
23: defiant
24: pensive
25: interested
26: hostile
27: cautious
28: interested
29: reflective
30: flirtatious
31: confident
32: serious
33: concerned
34: distrustful
35: nervous
36: suspicious

I got a 1. The only score lower than that is 0.