Dr. Anthony Atkinson of the Durham University showed adults with autism spectrum disorder videos of body movements. The videos had no faces or sounds on them. The viewers could not identify emotions such as anger or joy through body language alone, although adults without autism were able to do so.
"We use other's body movements and postures as well as people's faces and voices to gauge their feelings," Dr. Atkinson said. "People with autism are less able to use these cues to make accurate judgments about how others are feeling."
The study and Dr. Atkinson's comments appeared in the journal Neuropsychologia.
Labels: autism, body language, communication
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