The study, led by Torres and her team at the Rutgers Sensory Motor Integration Lab, used a novel data type she developed ...

New research reveals that individuals with autism express emotions using the same facial muscles as neurotypical individuals, but at intensities too subtle for the human eye to detect.

Practise your facial expressions in front of the mirror so you can see how you interpret different emotions. Do you overact? Is your puzzled face too similar to your surprised face?

Affectiva’s basic program analyzes the face 20 times a second for 46 localized expressions of happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, anger, disgust and contempt, plus interest and confusion.