 A secondary aim was to investigate whether there is a relationship between alexithymic traits and sensorimotor simulation as a mechanism for fine facial expression discrimination. In order to examine the time-course of face processing, we monitored P1 and N170 components of the event-related potentials (ERP) in participants performing a fine discrimination task of facial expressions .
<clarity>  A secondary aim was to investigate whether there is a relationship between alexithymic traits and sensorimotor simulation as a mechanism for fine facial expression discrimination. In order to examine the time-course of face processing, we monitored P1 and N170 components of the event-related potentials (ERP) in participants performing a fine discrimination task of facial expressions .
 A secondary aim was to investigate whether there is a relationship between alexithymic traits and sensorimotor simulation . We monitored P1 and N170 components of the event-related potentials (ERP) in participants performing a fine discrimination task of facial expressions .