Quotations

«For some emotions, such as anger, we see a dip in the ability to perform these tasks around puberty,»

«Does this explain the Kevin phenomenon? It might be behind the social ineptitude of early adolescents, the seeming inability to understand the two expressions that have this dip most strikingly - sadness and anger.»

«The theory that autism is the extreme of the male brain is not strongly supported by these data,»

«[British researchers have found that people lose the ability to detect expressions of anger and sadness around the time of puberty, reports The Daily Telegraph. The discovery, which surprised scientists conducting a pioneering study of the ability to read expressions, could reveal why 13- and 14-year-olds suffer the exasperating inability to understand their parents.] Teenagers really do get 'dumber' in their social intelligence around the time of puberty, ... One wonders sometimes if they understand anything you are saying. It would appear that this is a function of their brain at that time.»

«Teenagers really do get 'dumber' in their social intelligence around the time of puberty,»

«One wonders sometimes if they understand anything you are saying. It would appear that this is a function of their brain at that time.»

«This perhaps won't come as a surprise to teachers; they say 'We do feel boys are less socially aware'. But this is the first evidence that there is a substantial difference in the ability to read emotions,»

«It may be that they are simply unable to read them.»

«We're talking about a fairly substantial proportion of boys. One in five boys is worse than [most] girls.»

«There is deterioration for some facial expressions, particularly sadness and anger, at puberty for boys and girls. If anything it's actually worse for girls.»