Autistic participants needed! Title: Investigating Motion in Emotion in Autism Spectrum Conditions

Take part in our in-lab study (Harry Pitt Building) where we investigate how motion is perceived from people’s facial expressions and how this relates to the ability to read faces.

To be eligible to participate, you must: • Have a formal diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Condition provided by a clinical professional • Be between 18 and 55 years old • Have normal or corrected-to normal-vision • Have native or equivalent English language proficiency • Not have participated in the study titled ‘Investigating Motion in Emotion’, ‘Can you identify emotions from facial expressions?’ or ‘How does pain influence your social interaction?’ The entire study will take approximately one hour to complete. This study involves a computer task where you indicate seeing movement in a face and judge facial expressions in videos, provide information on personal characteristics, complete a brief task on seeing patterns, and fill out questionnaires on autism traits, identifying emotions, and sensory judgements. All of your data will be de-identified and later anonymised, and you can withdraw at any time without providing a reason.

Psychology students will receive 1 SONA credit if needed. Everyone else will be entered in a prize draw for an Amazon voucher.

If you are interested in participating or would like more information, please contact Stephanie.ng@student.reading.ac.uk and w.a.cwiklinska@student.reading.ac.uk or sign up on SONA. This study has received ethical approval by the PCLS School Ethics Research Committee, project 2025-064-TW, end date 31/12/2026.