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Slideshow: Face Reader Bridges Autism Gap

The new Emotional-Social Intelligence Prosthetic could help autistic people understand the mysterious emotional states of other human beings. By Eric Smalley.
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The blue dots are used for feature tracking, with corresponding dynamic bar graph listing facial expressions and head movements.Image: Courtesy of MIT Media Lab

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A dynamic chart shows the system's interpretation of the person's mental state

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The Emotional-Social Prosthetic (ESP) provides real-time estimates of a person's mental state by analyzing facial expressions and head movements.

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