Alexithymia and mental imagery

Author(s): Chiva, M., Moreau, M.

Journal/Book: Pers Indiv Differ. 2000; 29: the Boulevard Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford Ox5 1GB, England. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 787-791.

Abstract: One of the defining characteristics of alexithymic patients is their reduced ability to use mental images. In the present study, imaging capacity was evaluated in a total of 69 alexithymic subjects and 64 non-alexithymic subjects (all university students). Alexithymic subjects showed lower imaging capacity than non-alexithymic subjects. New approaches for investigation of the relationship between alexithymia and imagery vividness are proposed.

Note: Article Campos A, Univ Santiago de Compostela, Dept Psicol Basica, Alfredo Campos, Santiago De Compostela, SPAIN

Keyword(s): alexithymia; imagery; emotions; personality; VISUAL-IMAGERY; SCALE; PICTURES

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