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.
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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.David Skuse
If teachers attempt to control boys by subtle means, such as raised eyebrows, and the boys ignore these cues, it may be that they simply are not able to read them and decode them accurately,
David Skuse
It looks as though when the brain reorganizes itself during puberty, rewires itself as a consequence of the hormonal changes presumably taking place at that time...we actually get worse at recognizing facial expressions and remembering faces we have seen before than we were 5 years previously,
David Skuse
We're talking about a fairly substantial proportion of boys. One in five boys is worse than most girls.
David Skuse
All those are abilities related to our capacity to interact appropriately with other people socially and are abilities that are supposedly deficient in people who are autistic,
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