Difficulties in facial emotion recognition: taking psychopathic and alexithymic traits into account

Abstract Background Alexithymic and psychopathic traits are closely associated, but distinct constructs. Both have been associated with facial emotion processing deficits reflecting empathy deficits, however the underlying mechanism contributing to these deficits is not well-understood. Methods This...

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Main Authors: Melina Nicole Kyranides, Demetris Christofides, Melis Çetin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:BMC Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00946-x