Can aspies read basic emotions?

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Hello,
can any of you look of a picture of someone who is crying and understand/remember that they are most likely sad?
(When replying, if possible please state if you are professionally diagnosed or not. )
Thank you very much.

Definitely the "basic" emotions: happiness, sadness.

They might have at least some trouble reading more subtle emotions, though....like I do.

I think both replies would apply to me for this reason: I can read emotions . I mean if someone is smiling, I will assume happy. That type of thing.

I say assume because the reasons behind emotions sometimes are murkier such as the tears of joy thing mentioned above.

Undergoing diagnosis.

BTW, took the reading the minds eye test and the vid clips. Failed it miserably.

I can read emotions pretty easily. I just have trouble with weird faces. I was diagnosed, but I never really fit the criteria. I think I have moderate to severe ADHD with mild autistic traits.

I could always read basic emotions. Laughing=they found it funny and like it. Crying=sad
Of course it's not black and white and these are just basic emotions for a young child to understand and it gets more complex as you get older. I was diagnosed in 6th grade and these are my basic understanding of emotions. I understood these since early childhood.

I do horrible with mind reading eye tests and I have done tests where you watch a clip from a movie and have to guess how a character is feeling. I think I would do better if I actually watch the whole movie because I would see the whole entire scene than showing me one part from a movie I don't know. I think I do better than looking at photos or watching clips from movies because I know more to the story and I can take a better guess so to me those are dumb tests.

I could tell that they are sad, but I probably couldn't tell why unless there were clues in the picture. I've never had much trouble with understanding or expressing emotions. I tend to struggle more with things like sensory issues, executive dysfunction, difficulty with change, making friends, etc.

I am professionally diagnosed.

I'm pretty sure I can read facial expressions as well as any typical NT, maybe better. It's possible that I developed the ability from drawing people and anthropomorphic animals so often as a kid, and from watching cartoons, and reading picture books.

I didn't use facial expressions that much as a young child, so while I understood them, I didn't use them much for whatever reason.

I'm pretty good with understanding emotions, I think. Not very good with cognitive empathy, though.

I have been professionally diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, and I have trouble reading facial expressions.

I've taken a few facial expression tests, and I do okay on them, but I think they're flawed. They show more extreme facial expressions, while most people make much more subtle ones that are hard for me to understand. I even have trouble reading the facial expressions of my family.

I have learned to read facial expressions fairly accurately but it's still always an intentional analytical exercise. As in, okay, they're eyes are red &/or have tears, their nose is red, avoiding eye contact somewhat, mouth is not smiling & might be moving weird as if their breath is uneven & they can't breath through their nose - oh, Hey! That matches "crying, probably very unhappy" - that sort of thing. Because of this, I don't do so well on grainy / low res greyscale picture tests as I do real life, as IRL you have a lot more contextual clues to work with. Diagnosed.

Diagnosed - can read obvious emotions like crying, laughing, smiling. Have trouble with 'flat' expressions, and can't tell the difference between sad, bored, angry, confused, serious, calm, etc.

Most people look very blank and nondescript to me unless I deliberately read their expressions. It's not that I can't see read people's expressions at all, it just doesn't come natural to me.

NT's misread body language and expressions too, but for some reason it's okay if they do and it's the other person's fault, not the other way around like it is for aspies.

apparently im pretty good! i got a 23/36 on this test

http://projects.nytimes.com/balloteer/m ... g-the-eyes

does this mean im not autistic?? my mom said i fit every diagnostic criteria almost to a T but i could read emotions pretty well. im confused about this! can someone help?

im a self diagnosed aspie as of right now, though some people pretty much know that im autistic..