Alexithymia structural deficit or functional adaptation?;L'alexithymie : Deficit structural ou adaptation fonctionnelle?

Annales Medico-Psychologiques

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-158

  Jacob, S ^a   Hautekeete, M ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Cognitive ecology; Hemispheric specialization

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MALFORMATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0033041931     PISSN: 00034487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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