Increased Accuracy of Emotion Recognition in Individuals with Autism-Like Traits after Five Days of Magnetic Stimulations

Figure 2

Schematic overview of the emotion recognition task. Each trial started with a fixation cross on a black background for two seconds; then, one of the 36 facial images was displayed for four seconds. Each trial ended with a question and six answer options, which were displayed until the participant responded. Participants were required to verbally provide an answer to each question (e.g., “The emotion of the characters in the picture is: happy.”). Participants were instructed to identify the emotions portrayed in each facial image. Each participant completed 36 trials in total. In the experiment, the questions and six answer options were shown in Chinese.