Sex differences on emotional processing are modulated by subclinical levels of alexithymia and depression: A preliminary assessment using event-related potentials

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 145-153

  Campanella, Salvatore ^a   Falbo, Luciana ^a   Rossignol, Mandy ^b   Grynberg, Delphine ^b   Balconi, Michela ^c   Verbanck, Paul ^a   Maurage, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion; Event related potentials; N2; P3; Psychopathology; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862311225     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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