Publications by authors named "Rabi Samil Alkhaldi"
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- This study looked at how autistic traits affect how people are viewed in social situations.
- They recorded 60 people with different levels of autistic traits and showed the videos to 106 others who judged their expressiveness and likability.
- The results showed that people with more autistic traits were seen as less likable and less socially favorable because they appeared less expressive, even though their actual readability was also affected.
Background: This study investigated whether neurotypical individuals' judgments that they dislike a person are more common when viewing autistic individuals than when viewing neurotypical individuals.
Methods: Videos of autistic and neurotypical targets were presented to a group of perceivers (neurotypical adults) who were asked whether or not they liked each target and why.
Results: It was more common for perceivers to "like" neurotypical than autistic targets.
The link between autistic people having a mind that is difficult to read (by neurotypical participants) and being perceived unfavorably was investigated. Videoed Autistic and neurotypical targets from Sheppard et al. (PLOS ONE 7(11):e49859, 2016) were scored for how readable they were when reacting to a distinctive greeting from the experimenter.
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