Recognition of Face Identity and Emotion in Expressive Specific Language Impairment

Objective: To study face and emotion recognition in children with mostly expressive specific language impairment (SLI-E). Subjects and Methods: A test movie to study perception and recognition of faces and mimic-gestural expression was applied to 24 children diagnosed as suffering from SLI-E and an...

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Published in:Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica 2012-01, Vol.64 (2), p.73-79
Main Authors: Merkenschlager, A., Amorosa, H., Kiefl, H., Martinius, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Emotions
Facial Expression
Female
Gestures
Humans
Language Development Disorders - complications
Language Development Disorders - psychology
Male
Motion Pictures
Original Paper
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Prosopagnosia - complications
Prosopagnosia - psychology
Recognition (Psychology)
Social Perception
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Summary:Objective: To study face and emotion recognition in children with mostly expressive specific language impairment (SLI-E). Subjects and Methods: A test movie to study perception and recognition of faces and mimic-gestural expression was applied to 24 children diagnosed as suffering from SLI-E and an age-matched control group of normally developing children. Results: Compared to a normal control group, the SLI-E children scored significantly worse in both the face and expression recognition tasks with a preponderant effect on emotion recognition. The performance of the SLI-E group could not be explained by reduced attention during the test session. Conclusion: We conclude that SLI-E is associated with a deficiency in decoding non-verbal emotional facial and gestural information, which might lead to profound and persistent problems in social interaction and development.
ISSN:1021-7762
1421-9972
DOI:10.1159/000335875