RMET test and imposter syndrome

The RMET test tests the ability to recognise the expression of emotion as reflected in the eye region of the human face. A version can be found here:  https://embrace-autism.com/reading-the-mind-in-the-eyes-test/#test - though one image did not work, at least for me. My results were better than most neurotypicals score, 32 out of 36, the neurotypical mean 27.3, autistic mean 24.9. I attribute this to having researched facial expression and having, therefore, gained an intellectual knowledge of it, and to being a good visual artist - you cannot accurately draw a face and be unaware of how relationships between features and planes can change.

Though knowing this, I immediately felt the 'autistic imposter syndrome' kick in, so I did another test, the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire - RBQ-2A . This time I scored 42, well above the autistic mean of 36 (25 and below being neurotypical scores). So the imposter syndrome goes back in its box, until next time.

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  • Well thanks for this post. I kept thinking I was good at reading people. I got 23 with 6 deductive guessed, so apparently not so good haha. I couldn't even answer 8 of them because none of the words were right. I suspect on the ones I didn't guess, I would do worse if there weren't just 4 options.

    Like you say, as you are an artist and researched expressions, it's not just something you 'know'. I grew up in a very aggressive household so I find it easy to spot the more negative features of anger, distrust, hostile etc. I didn't realise until now how much I must misread my partner lol. 

    So again, thanks for this post Slight smile

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  • Well thanks for this post. I kept thinking I was good at reading people. I got 23 with 6 deductive guessed, so apparently not so good haha. I couldn't even answer 8 of them because none of the words were right. I suspect on the ones I didn't guess, I would do worse if there weren't just 4 options.

    Like you say, as you are an artist and researched expressions, it's not just something you 'know'. I grew up in a very aggressive household so I find it easy to spot the more negative features of anger, distrust, hostile etc. I didn't realise until now how much I must misread my partner lol. 

    So again, thanks for this post Slight smile

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