As Bargh and Chartrand (1999) note, nonconscious mimicry "has the positive function of facilitating social interactions and increasing liking between people" (p. 468). ... In this sense, these individuals must learn to understand and implement the cues under conscious control. ... While the reasons individuals with ASD share this common interest have not been clearly identified, the heightened emotional expressiveness of the cartoon characters may offer the concrete, unambiguous nonverbal cues these individuals require to detect and understand another's emotional state. In th...

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