Eye expression test by Simon Baron Cohen

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Your score: 26
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.
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The correct answers for the ones you missed are:
2: upset
4: insisting
10: cautious
12: sceptical
17: doubtful
19: tentative
27: cautious
34: distrustful
35: nervous
36: suspicious


I guess I find it diff to read "negative" expressions. hmm. good test, though

Your score: 24
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
4: insisting
10: cautious
14: accusing
17: doubtful
19: tentative
24: pensive
27: cautious
31: confident
33: concerned
34: distrustful
35: nervous

But real life is harder than this test
1) you don't have several variants of answers and have to guess without such prompting.
2) you have less time, real face usually changes rather fast

Your score: 30
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.
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The correct answers for the ones you missed are:
11: regretful
17: doubtful
25: interested
28: interested
29: reflective
31: confident

Your score: 26

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:
2: upset
12: sceptical
17: doubtful
18: decisive
23: defiant
25: interested
26: hostile
29: reflective
31: confident
34: distrustful

got a 24

28 here, despite quite high scores on Aspie tests.

It seems SBC may have a not-so-good-aspie test on his hands.

I did notice something, however, about my thought process. I did not tend to react "impulsively' to the image;
rather I caught myself doing quick 'calculations' : the eyes are open so far, they are looking at such-and-such an angle,
the eyebrows are lifted so high ... my mind was scanning, assembling, and figuring it out - no pun intended, the same way i recognize faces.

I wonder - if the image were shown for 1/4 second - how we might score differently than NT's.

Your score: 24
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.
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The correct answers for the ones you missed are:
2: upset
4: insisting
7: uneasy
10: cautious
11: regretful
17: doubtful
18: decisive
22: preoccupied
23: defiant
26: hostile
27: cautious
29: reflective

Your score: 20
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.
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The correct answers for the ones you missed are:
1: playful
2: upset
3: desire
4: insisting
10: cautious
11: regretful
13: anticipating
14: accusing
18: decisive
19: tentative
25: interested
26: hostile
28: interested
29: reflective
34: distrustful
35: nervous
Thought i'd do a bit better than that cos of what the new research said, Maybe some autistic people do struggle with this sort of thing, but others r just as good as NTs at it

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:
4: insisting
10: cautious
11: regretful
13: anticipating
15: contemplative
17: doubtful
23: defiant
27: cautious
28: interested
29: reflective
31: confident
33: concerned
34: distrustful
35: nervous

At first when I started I got the first three right but then it started getting harder. I am pretty happy though with the score I got within the typical score range. There were pretty many that I had to guess on too and I got some of those right. It was a bit harder than I thought.

15

...Figures since I'm absolutely horrible with faces as it is.

27, but I'll agree with others who said they wouldn't have done as well were it not multiple choice. I found myself using my multiple choice process-of-elimination skills from high school. On several of them, three of the emotions were similar enough that it was easy to choose the odd-one-out, especially when the three emotions were semi-negative and the photo seemed positive.

The worst part was that I kept getting distracted when I thought I recognized the eyes. For example, 34 looks like Claudia Schiffer, 7 looks like Keanu Reeves, and 3 looks like Natasha Henstridge.

I still think these tests are meaningless as far as aspies go. The problem in real life is the difficulty with eye contact. Here, you have plenty of time to analyze the eyes. In real life, I would never spend that much time studying someone's eyes (or even try to analyze them - I'd be afraid that they'd wonder what I was up to).

I got 16. The only ones I were sure about were the first 2 ones

Your score: 13
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
4: insisting
5: worried
7: uneasy
8: despondent
12: sceptical
14: accusing
17: doubtful
18: decisive
19: tentative
21: fantasizing
22: preoccupied
23: defiant
25: interested
27: cautious
28: interested
29: reflective
30: flirtatious
31: confident
32: serious
34: distrustful
35: nervous

is that good or bad?

I got 17, quite a few were just random guesses though because sometimes I thought that none of the words fit the expression.

Your score: 21

The correct answers for the ones you missed are:
3: desire
10: cautious
15: contemplative
17: doubtful
19: tentative
22: preoccupied
23: defiant
24: pensive
27: cautious
28: interested
29: reflective
31: confident
32: serious
33: concerned
36: suspicious


I don't consider myself to have a problem with reading facial expressions. I think the ones I missed were quite difficult - they weren't simple stuff like 'sad' or 'angry'.