Reduced social responsiveness Lack of expressed empathy 2023-03-23T14:48:16Z Reduced sympathetic expression Empathy can be defined as the ability to explain, predict and interpret behavior by attributing mental states such as desire, beliefs, intentions and emotions to oneself and to other people. Empathy cannot be directly observed. The observation that an affected person tends not to provide situationally appropriate responses to other people in times when these people are in emotional need. For instance, failure to provide comfort to a person who is sad or crying. Reduced empathic arousal Lack of empathy Lack of expressed sympathy Abnormal social emotional interactions