Impairment of conflict processing in alexithymic individuals

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 504, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-264

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Zhu, Chunyan ^a   Ye, Rong ^a   Cao, Zhaolun ^a   Tian, Yanghua ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Hu, Panpan ^a   Wang, Kai ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Attention network test; Conflict processing; Executive function; TAS 20

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION; CHINA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455168016     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.043     Document Type: Article

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