FIGURE 4.12 Transported into a world of emotion (a) A research team at Cambridge University’s Autism Research Centre introduced children with ASD to emotions experienced and displayed by toy vehicles. (b) After four weeks of viewing animations, the children displayed a markedly increased ability to recognize emotions not only in the toy faces but also in humans. (The graph above shows data for two trials.)

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