The relationships between interoception and alexithymic trait. The Self-Awareness Questionnaire in healthy subjects

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Longarzo, Mariachiara ^a   D'Olimpio, Francesca ^a   Chiavazzo, Angela ^a   Santangelo, Gabriella ^a,b   Trojano, Luigi ^a   Grossi, Dario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b IDC Hermitage Capodimonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Emotion; Health; Hypochondriasis; Insular cortex; Interoceptive awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997335244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01149     Document Type: Article

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