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* jimmy @202accepted it's official, i'm coining "facecel" and "face rotator" jimmy @202accepted - 11h did i gain or lose the mandate of heaven? x.com/paulg/status/1... Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Your Score: 36/36 Understanding Your Score The average score for this test is in the range of 22 to 30 correct responses. If you scored above 30, you may be quite good at understanding someone's mental state based on facial cues. If you scored below 22, you may find it difficult to understand a person's mental state based on their facial expressions. 8:19 PM Apr 23, 2024 2,058 Views

oops Imp in DC/NY (Apr 6 - 15) @imperialauditor Grateful Flirtatious ✓ Correct × Incorrect Hostile Disappointed Paul Graham @paulg. 14h I got 25/36 on this facial expression reading test. I was curious how Jessica would do, so I sent it to her. She got 36/36. She really is the social radar. (via @markessien) s3.amazonaws.com/he-assets-prod... • 9:17 PM Apr 23, 2024 · 4,580 Views

Which word best describes what the person in the picture is thinking and feeling? Irritated Thoughtful Encouraging Sympathetic

Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma This explains so much of my life Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Which word best describes what the person in the picture is thinking and feeling? 30/36 Grateful Flirtatious Hostile Disappointed × Incorrect 8:00 PM Apr 23, 2024 103.8K Views

eigenrobot @eigenrobot ok guys time for all of us to mask off Your Score: 34/36 Understanding Your Score The average score for this test is in the range of 22 to 30 correct responses. If you scored above 30, you may be quite good at understanding someone's mental state based on facial cues. If you scored below 22, you may find it difficult to understand a person's mental state based on their facial expressions. Overeducated Gibbon @MostlyMonkey • 13h Replying to @MostlyMonkey s3.amazonaws.com/he-assets-prod... 6:13 PM Apr 23, 2024 89.1K Views

typec (new acct) @typeclonghouse beat the autism allegations Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Your Score: 31/36 Understanding Your Score The average score for this test is in the range of 22 to 30 correct responses. If you scored above 30, you may be quite good at understanding someone's mental state based on facial cues. If you scored below 22, you may find it difficult to understand a person's mental state based on their facial expressions.

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Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is a 36-question multiple choice test in which a person is tasked with picking the correct emotion by observing a still image of a person's eyes. Created in 1997 by British clinical psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and widely used as a measure of theory of mind, the test achieved virality on X / Twitter in April 2024, inspiring viral posts and memes.

Origin

In 1997, British clinical psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin of comic Sasha Baron-Cohen, designed the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, publishing a revised version in 2001.^[1]^[2] The test consists of 36 close-up photographs of people's eyes and eyebrows, each offering four choices of emotions (examples shown below). The participant is tasked with correctly interpreting the human emotion in each of the photographs.

The test has been used as a measure of social cognitive ability, with lower results associated with neurodivergence (more specifically autism) and higher results associated with neurotypicality. The validity of the test has been put into question by multiple later studies.^[3]^[4]

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PLAYFUL COMFORTING IRRITATED TERRIFIED BORED UPSET ARROGANT JOKING ANNOYED FLUSTERED DESIRE CONVINCED

On April 23rd, 2024, computer scientist Paul Graham wrote about the test on X^[5] / Twitter, linking it and reporting that he scored 25 out of 36 and that his wife scored 36 out of 36. The post (shown below) received over 900 reposts and 2,400 likes in one day.

Paul Graham @paulg I got 25/36 on this facial expression reading test. I was curious how Jessica would do, so I sent it to her. She got 36/36. She really is the social radar. (via @markessien) s3.amazonaws.com/he-assets-prod... • 4:52 PM Apr 23, 2024 1.3M Views

Spread

In the following days, the test saw viral spread on X / Twitter as users shared their results and interpreted them, often humorously.

For example, on April 23rd, 2024, X^[6] user @paularambles posted a screenshot of her perfect score, writing that she was asking herself "what would a guy think she’s thinking" when answering questions. The post (shown below) gained over 80 reposts and 1,700 likes in one day. Later that day, X^[7] user @MostlyMonkey posted their result, commenting, "I'm never beating the 'neurotypical' allegations." The post (shown below, right) gained over 30 reposts and 220 likes in one day.

"paula" @paularambles for all of the female ones i just asked myself "what would a guy think she's thinking" and ended up being right every time Done 11:14 1 s3.amazonaws.com Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Your Score: 36/36 AA Ć Understanding Your Score The average score for this test is in the range of 22 to 30 correct responses. If you scored above 30, you may be quite good at understanding someone's mental state based on facial cues. If you scored below 22, you may find it difficult to understand a person's mental state based on their facial expressions. Paul Graham @paulg. 14h I got 25/36 on this facial expression reading test. I was curious how Jessica would do, so I sent it to her. She got 36/36. She really is the social radar. (via @markessien) s3.amazonaws.com/he-assets-prod... 5:21 PM - Apr 23, 2024 227.3K Views

Overeducated Gibbon @MostlyMonkey I'm never beating the "neurotypical" allegations. Your Score: 30/36 Understanding Your Score The average score for this test is in the range of 22 to 30 correct responses. If you scored above 30, you may be quite good at understanding someone's mental state based on facial cues. If you scored below 22, you may find it difficult to understand a person's mental state based on their facial expressions. 5:48 PM - Apr 23, 2024 30.9K Views

The spread of the test was followed by memes referencing it. For example, on April 23rd, 2024, X^[8] user @MarlovMagnifico posted an image of Shogun character Lady Mariko paired with four choices from the test. The meme (shown below) gained over 50 reposts and 850 likes in one day.

Various Examples

p3shoemaker.000 @p3shoemaker i thinks she's reflecting on how irritated she is Which word best describes what the person in the picture is thinking and feeling? 29/36 Impatient Aghast Incorrect Irritated Reflective ✓ Correct Next Question 7:51 PM Apr 23, 2024 43.2K Views

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Autism Research Center – The 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test Revised Version

^[2] Embrace Autism – Reading the Mind in the Eyes test

^[3] ScienceDirect – Construct validity evidence reporting practices for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test: A systematic scoping review

^[4] SageJournals – The 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test Shows Poor Psychometric Properties in a Large, Demographically Representative U.S. Sample

^[5] X – @paulg

^[6] X – @paularambles

^[7] X – @MostlyMonkey

^[8] X – @MarkovMagnifico

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