there's something on your face. right THERE. no, OTHER side!

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i got to thinking about mirror neurons and how differences in aspie and autie brains affects our social interactions. i have a couple of questions for both NTs and people with AS (please self-identify so we can see the trends). i am sure the scientists have already researched these things, but i am lazy to research it and i want to know YOUR experiences.


1. if someone yawns in front of you, do you yawn too?


2. if someone has a bit of food on the LEFT side of their face, do you point to the LEFT side of your face to show them where it is (opposite), or do you point to the RIGHT side (like a mirror)?

only if my husband and child yawn. not when anyone else yawns.


i do the opposite. i automatically point to the LEFT side.

EDIT: i cannot follow my own instructions, apparently. i am an informally diagnosed aspie.

I have AS.

Sometimes I yawn... but often I just note how many other people yawn when someone does... it's interesting to me.

I suppose I point to my left side (not mirror-like), but often I just mention it without gesturing at all... as in,"you have something on your left cheek... no, no... the other left" LOL

I am NT

yes




I point to the right side, like a mirror.

I am probably AS

I don't recall ever noticing someone yawn before. I yawn frequently even when I'm not around other people, so I don't think that has anything to do with it.




I probably wouldn't notice if someone has food on their face. If I did, I probably wouldn't tell them, and I sure as heck wouldn't point to a spot on my own face. I never would have thought to do something like that to begin with, much less which side.

I sometimes do, I sometimes don't.




I have no idea because I don't normally notice food on people's faces. However, I would mostly likely point to the person's face to show what side it would be on.

interesting how many people don't even point to their faces.

perhaps a better way to ask the question is...

2. if someone points to the LEFT side of their face to show that you have a bit of food there, do you touch the LEFT side of your own face to wipe it away (opposite), or do you wipe away at the RIGHT side (like a mirror)?

but that way sounds more confusing!

Diagnosed AS

1. I yawn sometimes when other people yawn.

2. I don't recall pointing out food on people's faces.

Other 2. I seem to recall people telling me things like "You have food right here" and pointing at say, the left side? So I start to wipe away the left side and they say, "no, the other side." Or the right side.

i do not know if i am nt or aspie or other form of autistic or just weird but

1. i do not yawn when i see other people yawning

2. if the person had something on their face i would ignore it or remove it myself

3. if someone said "you have something on your face" and pointed to their own face that would make me think they were asking me if something was on their face. but if i knew they were talking about me i would go find a mirror even if they tried to explain where the thing was.

1 I don't think I yawn when other people yawn. I don't remember, but I'd say no. That's a bit odd isn't it, don't apes generally do that?

Definitely left, and I would point to the left hand side of their face if they had food there, not to the left or right of my face.

Not sure if I have AS or not, but...

1. if someone yawns in front of you, do you yawn too?
Yes.

2. if someone has a bit of food on the LEFT side of their face, do you point to the LEFT side of your face to show them where it is (opposite), or do you point to the RIGHT side (like a mirror)?
I point to their face to indicate which side, if necessary.

Actually, I'm curious if to anyone else has this problem, but I have a lot of trouble trying to mirror someone's actions if they are facing towards me. If they are facing me and they lift their left arm, I will lift my right arm, not my left. If they are facing away from them, I have less trouble.

Also... for a long time, I had a lot of trouble figuring out which hand was my left and which was my right.

These two issues caused a lot of problems when I tried to learn martial arts and dance and other sports and was one of the reasons why I felt very "inept" at these sorts of physical activities.

wow, this is much less cut-and-dried than i expected.

i experimented on my NT husband and NT daughter bwahahahaahaaaaaa.


1. yes, they yawn when other people yawn, and even if they read in a book that someone is yawning.

2. they touch the RIGHT side (like a mirror).


no animals were harmed in this study. humans, on the other hand...

Yes I do yawn sometimes if I see people yawning.

I point to the right side like a mirror. After all it is a reference point for what side of the face it is on. But they usually then touch their right too and then it gets confusing.

Diagnosed AS.

1. Yes.

2. The right side, like a mirror.

Diagnosed AS

1: I always yawn when I see other people yawning.

2: I'd point to the left side of my face if anyone had food on the left side of their face.

3: If somebody points to the left side of their face, I'll wipe at the left side of my face.