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Empathy and individuals ' ability to timely react to others ' facial expressions is one of the critical processes in human socialization Moreover , it is empathy that largely depends on one 's emotional condition and works to recognize other people 's affective states . These processes , however , are particularly problematic and troublesome in individuals that have social functioning problems . Autism spectrum dis (ASD ) is the direct cause of deficits in the major empathy-related processes and

in their research , Clark , Winkielman and McIntosh (2008 ) seek to determine whether individuals with diagnosed ASD are able to extract emotional information and what variables may predetermine their success in extracting this information from other persons

The sample included 15 participants with ASD , 10 nonautistic individuals with reading disability history , and 11 typically developed individuals (Clark , Winkielman and McIntosh , 2008 . For each participant , the procedure comprised the three different stages (blocks , which required extracting the three different types of information : emotion , gender and animal . Each block included practice session and experimental section . Through comparison , researchers tried to test the time of reaction , as well as the possible impact of speed-accuracy trade-offs on the research results

The results have far-reaching implications for managing individuals behaviors . Clark , Winkielman and McIntosh (2008 ) conclude that adults with diagnosed ASD have selective impairments with regard to extracting emotional information . Given that the researchers did not rely on any verbal mechanisms , their search of emotional perceptions deficits in autistic...