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Facial expression recognition in the broader autism phenotype: What does alexithymia have to do with it?

Cognition - 1 May 2026

Towler J R, Kannan C, Soupioni C, Castle E, Fletcher-Miles H, Childs M, Donnelley S, Reinert-Joensen T, Brooks D, Tree J J

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Emotion recognition difficulties are widely reported in autism, but the "alexithymia hypothesis" proposes that such deficits are driven by co-occurring alexithymic traits rather than autism itself. We tested this hypothesis in a large sample of 556 adults spanning the broader autism phenotype, using self-reported autistic traits (Autism Quotient, AQ), alexithymia (Toronto Alexithymia Scale, TAS-20), and multiple...

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PMID: 41421045
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106407

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