Alexithymic trait and voluntary control in healthy adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Gu, Xiaosi ^a   Liu, Xun ^a   Guise, Kevin G ^a   Fossella, John ^a   Wang, Kai ^b   Fan, Jin ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; VOLUNTEER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 56649124565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003702     Document Type: Article

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