Emotional recognition difficulties may stem more from alexithymia than autistic traits. While autistic traits were linked to poorer recognition of emotions in human faces, this association disappeared when controlling for alexithymia (difficulty identifying and describing one’s own emotions).

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3. Emotional recognition difficulties may stem more from alexithymia than autistic traits. While autistic traits were linked to poorer recognition of emotions in human faces, this association disappeared when controlling for alexithymia (difficulty identifying and describing one’s own emotions).