Alexithymia and perception of facial expressions of emotion

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 412-417

  Prkachin, Glenda C ^a   Casey, Catherine ^a   Prkachin, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotion; Facial expression; Intensity ratings; Perception; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249113124     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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