Can Automated Facial Expression Analysis Show Differences Between Autism and Typical Functioning?

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Institute for the Psychology of Special Needs, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.

Published: April 2018

Exploratory analyses of emotional expressions using a commercially available facial expression recognition software are reported, from the context of a serious game for screening purposes. Our results are based on a comparative analysis of two matched groups of kindergarten-age children (high-functioning children with autism spectrum condition: n=13; typically developing children: n=13). Results indicate that this technology has the potential to identify autism-specific emotion expression features, and may play a role in affective diagnostic and assistive technologies.

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