HealthDay (3/28, Preidt) reports, “Children with autism may have trouble interpreting facial emotions in strangers, but” research indicates “some are as ‘in-tune’ with their mother’s expressions as kids without autism.” Included in the study were four- to eight-year-olds “with and without autism who viewed five facial expressions – happy, sad, angry, fearful and neutral – on both familiar and unfamiliar faces.” The study fond that youngsters “with high-functioning autism could read emotions on their mother’s faces just as well as those without autism.” The article does not disclose the number of study participants. The findings were published online in the journal Child Psychiatry & Human Development.
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— “Kids With Autism ‘In Tune’ With Mom’s Feelings: Study, ” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, March 28, 2019