Evidence of assortative mating for theory of mind via facial expressions but not language

Emily Jackson; John Galvin; Varun Warrier; Simon Baron-Cohen; Shanhong Luo; Robin I.M. Dunbar; Hannah Proctor; Eva Lee; Gareth Richards

doi:10.1177/02654075221106451

Evidence of assortative mating for theory of mind via facial expressions but not language

Emily Jackson, John Galvin, Varun Warrier, Simon Baron-Cohen, Shanhong Luo, Robin I.M. Dunbar, Hannah Proctor, Eva Lee, Gareth Richards^*

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Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221106451
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 2 Jun 2022

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: SBC received funding from the Wellcome Trust 214322\Z\18\Z. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. Further to this, SBC received funding from Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 777394. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, EFPIA, AUTISM SPEAKS, Autistica, and SFARI. SBC also received funding from the Autism Research Trust, Autistica, the MRC and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre. The research was supported by the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care East of England at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. VW was funded by the Autism Research Trust, the Wellcome Trust, Templeton World Charity Inc., and the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, during the period of this work. The views expressed are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the NIHR, NHS, Department of Health and Social Care, or the other funders.

Keywords

Assortative mating
Behavioural genetics
Empathizing
Evolutionary psychology
Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test
Sex differences
Stiller-Dunbar Stories Task
Theory of mind

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