Neural Network Model Shows Why People with Autism Read Facial Expressions Differently

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Neural Network Model Shows Why People with Autism Read Facial Expressions Differently

9th August, 2021

13 August 2021, Autism, News, Newsletter

Heidi Kay

[Source: Science Daily]

People with autism spectrum disorder have difficulty interpreting facial expressions.

Using a neural network model that reproduces the brain on a computer, a group of researchers based at Tohoku University have unraveled how this comes to be.

The journal Scientific Reports published the results on July 26, 2021.

“Humans recognize different emotions, such as sadness and anger by looking at facial expressions. Yet little is known about how we come to recognize different emotions based on the visual information of facial expressions,” said paper coauthor, Yuta Takahashi.

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