How perceptive are you?

[Selkie]

Does anyone want to try this test to see how well you can read other people's emotions? (Don't be put off by the 'social intelligence' bit at the start?)

http://socialintelligence.labinthewild.org/mite/

[Mikei]

28 out of 36...

[Appear]

^^ I got the same. I didn't think I did particularly well... One or two had me stumped.

[Professor Willow]

24 out of 36
Took me way more than the ten minutes they said too!
Aspergers diagnosis may have been correct.

[Appear]

^ I think on about halfish I kinda felt like I just knew, in about another quarter it was a toss up between two, and in the rest none really seemed right.

^^ A single test will never be close to definitive though - like they said, there are lots of things that can affect performance beyond what the test attempts to measure. There was also a big overlap in the performance of those with an Asperger's diagnosis and those without it in the original study, showing it really isn't a reliable indicator of the presence of Asperger's.

[Olly.]

Originally Posted by biscuits

Your score is 23 out of 36.
Your score is equal or better than 22% of all participants.

I did not have a clue. Did everyone else guess, or did you feel like you could clearly tell how the people are feeling from their eyes?

I've done 5 so far and I'd be amazed if I get more than you, I haven't got a clue, am I really supposed to know this from the eyes?!

[Appear]

^^ You're totally normal, Miss choco-crisp-mix-muncher.

[Olly.]

Originally Posted by Olly.

I've done 5 so far and I'd be amazed if I get more than you, I haven't got a clue, am I really supposed to know this from the eyes?!

Yeah, I got 20, not a clue, bizarre test, I'm surprised I got that high tbh, you're normal, bizzy lizzies, well more normal than me anyway

[Olly.]

Maybe it's indicative of my difficulties with eye contact and my lack of social experience over the last few years? (trying to find excuses lol)

[Northern Natterer]

26. I did resort to a fair bit of guessing though!

[incommunicado]

Your score is 33 out of 36.

The average score is 26.

good at body language

[Oddity]

31 out of 36

Strange

[Indigo_]

I got 33 out of 36, which I'm surprised about. I did guess some of them. All of the women just looked like they were fantasising to me

[Fluorescent Grey]

31 out of 36. Lower than 18% of participants which means that I'm in the top 20% in social intelligence. I tend to think my social intelligence is abysmal but I've done a similar test before and got high marks. I guess the trick to reading people is to actually look them in the face and not just stare at the ground. Reminds me of this joke I heard, which isn't very funny. How do you know an introvert likes you? They're staring at your shoes rather than their own.

[Mo34]

I got 31 out of 36.
I'm not surprised as it goes. I'm rubbish at eye contact but i'm hyper vigilant with other ppl's non verbal communications. . It's so ingrained in me I do it automatically.

[girlinterrupted]

31 out of 36 too,not sure if I`m surprised by that or not. I think I generally have good instincts and read body language and so forth well,but I definitely can overthink it and block or second guess said `instincts`,especially with anxiety in the mix.

Maybe this came out ok as no interaction with actual people was required

[firemonkey]

Your score is 27 out of 36.
Your score is lower than 55% of all participants.

However I have done the test before and scored several points lower then.

[firemonkey]

Another test with the full face rather than just eyes. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ei_quiz/
I had not done this one before.


Your Score: 10/20

You've got some work to do. Your score places you below average at reading expressions. But don't worry: Research suggests that people can improve their emotion recognition skills with practice.

[Oddity]

16/20 too. What a surprise the ones I got wrong were female ones

[clyde33]

I got 22. Found it really difficult.