Attenuated modulation of brain activity accompanies emotion regulation deficits in alexithymia

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 651-658

  Pollatos, Olga ^a   Gramann, Klaus ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Current source density reconstruction; Emotion regulation; Evoked potentials; Reappraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859611481     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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