Baron-Cohen et al.

Question	Answer
Aim	Assess the mind reading ability of high functioning Austic adults, using the eye test
How many photographs in eye test	25, black and white photos shown for 3 seconds, midway along nose to just above the eyebrow.
Control tasks	Strange stories, gender recognition, basic emotion
Autistic group	16 participants (13 M, 3 F) Self selected - advert is Austic magazine
Normal adults	50 Age matched Random sample drawn from Cambridge
Tourette Group	10 participants (8 M, 2 F) Self selected from a clinic in London
Findings: Eye Tasks	Autistic group: 16.3/25 Normal and Tourette: 20.3-20.4/25 Range of scores were similar Ceiling effect
Findings: Strange Stories	Autistic had difficulty Supports validity
Findings: control tasks	Autistic performed well, shows they could identify basic emotion but couldn't interpret emotional state

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