Editing Face perception (section)

===Compensation mechanisms===
As autistic individuals age, scores on behavioral tests assessing ability to perform face-emotion recognition increase to levels similar to controls.<ref name=Dawson /><ref name=Harms />

The recognition mechanisms of these individuals are still atypical, though often effective.<ref name="Harms">{{cite journal|last1=Harms|first1=Madeline B.|last2=Martin|first2=Alex|last3=Wallace|first3=Gregory L.|title=Facial Emotion Recognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of Behavioral and Neuroimaging Studies|journal=Neuropsychology Review|date=September 2010|volume=20|issue=3|pages=290–322|doi=10.1007/s11065-010-9138-6|pmid=20809200|s2cid=24696402 }}</ref> In terms of face identity-recognition, compensation can include a more pattern-based strategy, first seen in [[Global precedence#Face inversion|face inversion]] tasks.<ref name="Langdell" /> Alternatively, older individuals compensate by using mimicry of others' facial expressions and rely on their motor feedback of facial muscles for face emotion-recognition.<ref name="Wright">{{cite journal|last1=Wright|first1=Barry|last2=Clarke|first2=Natalie|last3=Jordan|first3=Jo|last4=Young|first4=Andrew W.|last5=Clarke|first5=Paula|last6=Miles|first6=Jeremy|last7=Nation|first7=Kate|last8=Clarke|first8=Leesa|last9=Williams|first9=Christine|title=Emotion recognition in faces and the use of visual context Vo in young people with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders|journal=Autism|date=November 2008|volume=12|issue=6|pages=607–626|doi=10.1177/1362361308097118|pmid=19005031|s2cid=206714766 }}</ref>