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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2017 Dec;47(12):3741–3755. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3059-7

Table 2.

Facial fear definitions by facial region

Facial region Movement
Forehead/brow Entire brow should be raised and drawn together; brows may also look straighter across than usual; faint horizontal furrows may be present in forehead
Eyes/nose/cheek Upper eyelids raise making the eyes appear wider; eye have tense appearance
Mouth/lips/chin Lip corners are drawn straight back; mouth is usually less than wide open

Notes. Coding schemes were used from the LocoMotor Version 3.1 Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Goldsmith and Rothbart 1996)