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Brain, Vol. 127, No. 8, 1691-1692, August 2004
© 2004 Guarantors of Brain
doi: 10.1093/brain/awh254

Editorial

Facial processing deficits and social dysfunction: how are they related?

Mary L. Phillips

Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK E-mail: spmamlp@iop.kcl.ac.uk

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Social and developmental disorders (SDD), which include the psychiatric diagnoses of autism and Asperger's syndrome and the neurological diagnosis of social-emotional processing disorder (SEPD), are characterized by impaired social function. Face perception per se and facial expression processing in particular are important for social interaction, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Criteria for Autism and Asperger's Disorder emphasizes both facial expression processing deficits and social dysfunction as features of these disorders. It is therefore unsurprising that previous studies of individuals with SDD have focused on the examination of facial expression recognition deficits. Facial expression perception was impaired in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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