The Conceptualization, Experience, and Recognition of Emotion in Autism: Differences in the Psychological Mechanisms Involved in Autistic and Non-Autistic Emotion Recognition.

ABSTRACT: Existing literature suggests that differences between autistic and non-autistic people in emotion recognition might be related to differences in how these groups experience emotions themselves. Specifically, autistic individuals may show differences in the consistency of emotional experiences, the ability to distinguish between emotions, and/or their semantic understanding of emotions. In this study, we empirically tested this claim by (1) investigating whether autistic and non-autistic adults differed in the consistency and/or differentiation of their emotional experiences, and their understanding and differentiation of emotion concepts after controlling for alexithymia, and (2) assessing the contribution of these emotional abilities to emotion recognition. To this end, a total of 58 auti

SUBMITTER: Keating CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12948658 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature