A multimodal investigation of emotional responding in alexithymia

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 741-766

  Luminet, Olivier ^a   Rimé, Bernard ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^b   Taylor, Graeme J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RUMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 4544266508     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930341000275     Document Type: Article

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