Just got to thinking again...

[conuly]

I remember the first time I took the AQ test. I got a fairly low score, something like 33 or 34. My mother, she thought I must've exaggerated, there was no way my score was actually so high. So she decided that she and Jenn would help me take this test, and prove that I really should've gotten a lower score.

With their expert help, I scored higher. I don't remember the exact number, but it was closer to 37. *laughs* That's where I tend to hover every time I remember about this test and take it again.

Let's see what my results are this time... AQ test

Your score: 40
0 - 10 = low
11 - 22 = average (most women score about 15 and most men score about 17)
23 - 31 = above average
32 - 50 is very high (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 35)
50 is maximum

Just for fun, I'll take the other tests too. Let's see... Empathy Quotient

Your score: 9
0 - 32 = low (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score about 20)
33 - 52 = average (most women score about 47 and most men score about 42)
53 - 63 is above average
64 - 80 is very high
80 is maximum

0.0

I wasn't expecting that....

Systemizing Quotient

Your score: 20
0 - 19 = low
20 - 39 = average (most women score about 24 and most men score about 30)
40 - 50 = above average (most people with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism score in this range)
51 - 80 is very high (three times as many people with Asperger Syndrome score in this range, compared to typical men, and almost no women score in this range)
80 is maximum

Now, *that* was unexpected. I'm on the low end of average, instead of the high.

I hate the eyes test, so I'm not taking that one.

Yes, this is boring. Sorry. *wanders off again*

Comments

[readerravenclaw.livejournal.com]

I got a 29 on the eye test, which is at the high end of normal. About what I expected, I guess. :)

I was just thinking - there's this computer program I've heard about (I know someone who has it) which supposedly is meant to teach people how to read emotions that are either 1. very faint, or 2. last for just a brief fraction of a second. It's reputed to work very well. I was just wondering if working through the program might be helpful to people who have trouble reading emotions in general... Of course, the starting point might be emotions that are too quick/subtle to even work with for someone who isn't good at that sort of thing.... Is there any program of that sort geared for people with Asperger's?

I don't know if the idea of facial expressions bore you, because you just don't connect with them, or if you find the idea of facial expressions interesting. If the latter is true, this article is fascinating: http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_08_05_a_face.htm
(The website of the psychologist who developed the computer program can be found at http://www.paulekman.com/ )

I think I've gotten inspired to borrow the CD and see what it's like. :)

[conuly]

Well, the eyes test freaks me out with all the staring. I'll clicky on the links later.