Event-related brain potentials reveal differences in emotional processing in alexithymia

• Published in: Journal of cognitive psychology (Hove, England) Vol. 31; no. 5-6; pp. 619 - 633
• Main Authors: Jardin, Elliott, Allen, Philip A., Levant, Ronald F., Lien, Mei-Ching, McCurdy, Eric R., Villalba, Anthony, Mallik, Peter, Houston, James R., Gerdes, Zachary T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hove Routledge 18.08.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Alexithymia; Emotional valence; ERPs; repression; suppression

The inability to recognise and describe emotions in the self is known as Alexithymia. In the present study we used event-related potentials (ERPs) to examine the locus of processing emotional differences in alexithymia. We tested men, both those scoring high (score > 61) and controls who scored l...