Alexithymia and the processing of emotional facial expressions (EFEs): Systematic review, unanswered questions and further perspectives

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Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Grynberg, Delphine ^a   Chang, Betty ^a   Corneille, Olivier ^a   Maurage, Pierre ^a   Vermeulen, Nicolas ^a   Berthoz, Sylvie ^b   Luminet, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84865293548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042429     Document Type: Article

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