(Baron-Cohen 2006)

Systemizing empathy: Teaching adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism to recognize complex emotions using interactive multimedia.

Simon Baron-Cohen and Ofer Golan

2006

Sector/Area: Psychiatry / autism

Participants: Autistic patients


Intervention: to recognize complex emotions using interactive multimedia "eight small-group reading and discussion sessions, offered as a longitudinal curriculum for 1 hour twice monthly for a total of 8 hours of teaching"

Abstract: "This study evaluated Mind Reading, an interactive systematic guide to emotions, for its effectiveness in teaching adults with Asperger syndrome (AS) and high-functioning autism (HFA) to recognize complex emotions in faces and voices."

Methods Outline

    • Identifying feelings

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