The Eyes Task comprises of photographs of the eye region of 25 different male and female faces.
Each picture was shown for three seconds and participants were given a forced choice question between two mental states printed under each picture.
The foil word was always the semantic opposite of the correct word. The maximum score on this test is 25.
As predicted high functioning adults with autism or Asperger syndrome did have more difficulties with the Eye Task than both ‘normal’ adults and adults with Tourette syndrome.
Mean score on the Eye Task Adults with autism or Asperger syndrome = 16.3
'Normal' adults = 20.3
Adults with Tourette syndrome = 20.4
It was also found that ‘normal’ adult males had more difficulties with the Eye Task than ‘normal’ adult females.
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