Alexithymic trait and voluntary control in healthy adults.

Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions. Recent studies have revealed that alexithymia is associated with less activation of the anterior cingulate cortex, a brain region shown to play a role in cognitive and emotional proce...

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Main Authors: Xiaosi Gu, Xun Liu, Kevin G Guise, John Fossella, Kai Wang, Jin Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2577735?pdf=render