Most past research on emotion recognition has used photographs of posed expressions
intended to depict the apex of the emotional display. Although these studies have provided …

This review assessed the specificity of facial emotion recognition impairment and the role of
task characteristics in facial emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Based …

Behavioral studies of facial emotion recognition (FER) in autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
have yielded mixed results. Here we address demographic and experiment-related factors …

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are developmental disorders which are thought primarily
to affect social functioning. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that unusual …

Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in identifying, differentiating and describing
feelings. A high prevalence of alexithymia has often been observed in clinical disorders …

The human amygdala can be robustly activated by presenting fearful faces, and it has been
speculated that this activation has functional relevance for redirecting the gaze toward the …

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is clinically defined
by abnormalities in reciprocal social and communicative behaviors and an inflexible …

Background Most developmental theories of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) emphasize a
link between the ability to infer others' emotional states with their everyday social …

This special issue brings together two important reviews and seven cutting-edge empirical
papers concerning the influence of alexithymia on cognitive and emotional processing …

Emotional self-awareness is increasingly suggested to be an area of difficulty in autism that
may predict socioemotional outcomes for this population. However, whether emotional self …