OBJECTIVE: To examine the neural basis of impairments in interpreting facial emotions in
children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). METHOD: Twelve children …

Background: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) involve a core deficit in social functioning
and impairments in the ability to recognize face emotions. In an emotional faces task …

Background: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are associated with severe impairments in
social functioning. Because faces provide nonverbal cues that support social interactions …

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are characterized by social impairments, including
inappropriate responses to affective stimuli and nonverbal cues, which may extend to poor …

Background: Although impaired social–emotional ability is a hallmark of autism spectrum
disorder (ASD), the perceptual skills and mediating strategies contributing to the social …

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

Impairment in social communication is one of the diagnostic hallmarks of autism spectrum
disorders, and a large body of research has documented aspects of impaired social …

Difficulty interpreting facial expressions has been reported in autism spectrum disorders
(ASD) and is thought to be associated with amygdala abnormalities. To further explore the …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether expertise in the attribution of emotion from basic facial
expressions in high-functioning individuals with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is …

Though many studies have examined facial affect perception by individuals with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD), little research has investigated how facial expressivity in ASD is …