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.

Parents
  • I think there's a difference between looking at static faces on a screen and taking your time to work them out in comparison to facial experssions of real people in real life with all the other stuff going on at the same time. I also think from reading replies and my own experience of the questionnaire a few years ago shows that many autistic people have lots of empathy, often more so than the general population.

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  • I think there's a difference between looking at static faces on a screen and taking your time to work them out in comparison to facial experssions of real people in real life with all the other stuff going on at the same time. I also think from reading replies and my own experience of the questionnaire a few years ago shows that many autistic people have lots of empathy, often more so than the general population.

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