Alexithymia and mental imagery

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 787-791

  Campos, Alfredo ^a   Chiva, Matty ^b   Moreau, Marylène ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotions; Imagery; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034311798     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00231-7     Document Type: Article

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