Your article states, “Yet individuals with Asperger syndrome can still look at a face and assess characteristics such as trustworthiness.” Statements like that are mystifying to me. I think I am about average in social intelligence, but I can’t imagine even thinking of looking at a stranger’s face and deciding whether or not the person is trustworthy.

Molly Weeks
Pembroke Pines, Fla
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People assess the trustworthiness of others all the time—in business deals, purchases, and asking for directions, for instance .—B. Bower