Alexithymia, Not Autism, Predicts Poor Recognition of Emotional Facial Expressions
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Alexithymia, not autism, predicts poor recognition of emotional facial expressions.
Despite considerable research into whether face perception is impaired in autistic individuals, clear answers have proved elusive. In the present study, we sought to determine whether co-occurring alexithymia (characterized by difficulties interpreting emotional states) may be responsible for face-perception deficits previously attributed to autism. Two experiments were conducted using psychoph...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0956-7976,1467-9280
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612463582