Background The capacity for emotion recognition and understanding is crucial for daily
social functioning. We examined to what extent this capacity is impaired in young children …

Background: Research indicates children with language impairment (LI) may experience
social deficits extending beyond those expected due to their language deficits. In particular …

Purpose In this study, the authors examined the ability of children with specific language
impairment (SLI) and their typical peers to judge when an experienced emotion should be …

The emotion understanding of children with language impairment (LI) was examined in two
studies employing emotion-recognition tasks selected to minimize reliance on language …

Background: This study was designed to assess whether children with a sensory disability
have consistent delays in acquiring emotion recognition and emotion understanding …

Purpose Current research has demonstrated that behavioral, emotional, and/or social
difficulties often accompany developmental language disorder (DLD). It is an open question …

The ability to accurately identify and label emotions in the self and others is crucial for
successful social interactions and good mental health. In the current study we tested the …

Purpose Studies investigating the ability of children with language impairment (LI) to infer
emotions rely on verbal responses (which can be challenging for these children) and/or the …

Background While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and specific language impairment (SLI)
have traditionally been conceptualized as distinct disorders, recent findings indicate that the …

Sensitivity to facial and vocal emotion is fundamental to children's social competence.
Previous research has focused on children's facial emotion recognition, and few studies …