Role of theory of mind in emotional awareness and alexithymia: Implications for conceptualization and measurement

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 398-405

  Lane, Richard D ^a   Hsu, Chiu Hsieh ^a   Locke, Dona E C ^b   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^c   Stonnington, Cynthia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective agnosia; Alexithymia; Emotional awareness; Somatic symptom disorders; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE AGNOSIA; AGNOSIA; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; READING; THEORY OF MIND; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; AWARENESS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGNOSIA; AWARENESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925708718     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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