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November 18, 2025Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersOpen Access

Facial Emotion Recognition in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Comparative Study in Children and Adolescents With and Without Autism, ADHD and Specific Learning Disorders

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GCGiulia CrisciRLRachele LievoreIMIrene C. Mammarella

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Overview

Mixed-effects models reveal facial emotion recognition deficits in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, suggesting variable challenges in emotion types.

Key Points

  • This research examines difficulties in facial emotion recognition (FER) among children with neurodevelopmental disorders compared to a control group.
  • Evaluated FER in 540 children and adolescents aged 8-16 years including groups with Autism, ADHD, SLD, and a control group.
  • Utilized FER tasks that involved matching and labeling facial expressions.
  • Emotions assessed included anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.
  • ASD and ADHD groups displayed significant challenges, particularly in matching tasks.
  • Labeling tasks showed broader difficulties across clinical groups compared to controls.
  • Children with ADHD struggled with recognizing almost all emotions; ASD children performed better in labeling anger but faced issues with surprise and disgust.

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Crisci et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924fef9c0ce034ddc351e86https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-07120-3
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