Alexithymia and the automatic processing of affective information: Evidence from the affective priming paradigm

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-91

  Vermeulen, Nicolas ^a   Luminet, Olivier ^a   Corneille, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CODING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 31844435971     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930500304654     Document Type: Article

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