Several studies have examined facial expression recognition in pervasive developmental
disorder (PDD), including autism and Asperger's disorder, but the results have been�…

This study was designed to identify specific difficulties and associated features related to the
problems with social interaction experienced by individuals with pervasive developmental�…

Accumulating studies have reported facial emotion recognition or facial perception
impairments in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To clarify the specificity of the emotion�…

This study investigated the ability of adults with Asperger syndrome to recognize emotional
categories of facial expressions and emotional prosodies with graded emotional intensities�…

Previous studies have shown deficits in the perception of static emotional facial expressions
in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but results are inconclusive. Possibly�…

Background Difficulties with facial expression processing may be associated with the
characteristic social impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)�…

Although deficits in the recognition of emotional facial expressions are considered a
hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), characterization of abnormalities in the�…

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by
impaired social functioning. We examined the spontaneous discrimination of happy and�…

The aim of this preliminary study was to examine whether individuals with avoidant
personality disorder (APD) could be characterized by deficits in the classification of�…

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by early onset qualitative impairments in
reciprocal social development. However, whether individuals with ASD exhibit impaired�…