This study was designed to examine the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion in adults with Down's syndrome and analyze whether a specific deficit exists in recognising emotional facial expressions in this etiology. Specifically, face processing and recognition of emotional facial expressions was investigated in 20 adults with Down's syndrome and moderate intellectual disability, and the results were compared with those of adults control group matched for age and sex. The results indicate that adults with Down's syndrome show a response pattern similar to that shown by adults in the general population despite getting poorer performance in all facial processing tasks applied.