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Social cues

Autismman

Can anyone explain what a social cue is or how it may come across from one person to another? What is it exactly that’s defined as a social clue? Are these subconscious movements/gestures that people show and projects towards each other? What was be a good example of this And what is the purpose rather than language 

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  • “Social cues are verbal or non-verbal signals expressed through the face, body, voice, motion (and more) and guide conversations as well as other social interactions by influencing our impressions of and responses to others. These percepts are important communicative tools as they convey important social and contextual information and therefore facilitate social understanding.

    A few examples of social cues include:

    • eye gaze
    • facial expression
    • vocal tone
    • body language”

    Wikipedia - Social cues

    Autistic difficulties with communication, including non-verbal signals, are explained here:

    NAS - Autism and communication

  • in reply to Bunny

    It is how you tell if someone is pleased to see you, bored, lying, interested, had enough, happy, uncomfortable, fancies you,  etc. without them just saying it.

  • in reply to Stuart333

    Hmm sounds like I may have to consciously try this out sometime….to see if I understand what’s what on some level. How do I know if they mean what they are expressing though like if it’s someone I do not know well? I am naturally very suspicious over people and their intentions. 

  • in reply to Autismman

    You can just ask, are you happy/sad/tired to calibrate.

    Some like, are you bored, are harder.

    The problem is people may be polite and lie. After you've monologue'd at them for 10 mins and you ask if they're bored or if you've said too much, they'll say no and you will find it hard to tell.

    It is probably easier to say less and ask if they'd like to know more.

    You may be blunt or be unsympathetic, you'll have to tell by their reaction. It is harder to tell.

    Of course if people walk off you have missed something.

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  • in reply to Autismman

    You can just ask, are you happy/sad/tired to calibrate.

    Some like, are you bored, are harder.

    The problem is people may be polite and lie. After you've monologue'd at them for 10 mins and you ask if they're bored or if you've said too much, they'll say no and you will find it hard to tell.

    It is probably easier to say less and ask if they'd like to know more.

    You may be blunt or be unsympathetic, you'll have to tell by their reaction. It is harder to tell.

    Of course if people walk off you have missed something.

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