Electrophysiological evidence of early processing deficits in alexithymia

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-121

  Pollatos, Olga ^a   Gramann, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotions; Evoked potentials; IAPS; Perceived arousal; Unpleasant stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953324305     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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