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Alexithymia and levels of processing: Evidence for an overall deficit in remembering emotion words
- Source :
- Journal of Research in Personality. 40:713-733
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2006.
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Abstract
- Alexithymia is a multifaceted personality construct that is thought to reflect a deficit in the cognitive processing of emotions. The effects of low vs. high Alexithymia, neutral vs. positive vs. negative words processed, and perceptual vs. semantic processing on memory were investigated in a group of 82 students using the levels of processing paradigm and the Remember/Know procedure. No differences were observed between low and high Alexithymia students when neutral material was considered. However, for both levels of processing, high Alexithymia students recalled fewer emotion words (both positive and negative) when "Remember" responses were considered. "Know" responses were comparable across Alexithymia groups. The deficit in the ability to consciously access emotional material (the "Remember" responses) may help explain the impaired regulation of intense emotional states by high Alexithymia individuals. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
- Subjects :
- Social Psychology
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Cognition
Autonoetic consciousness
medicine.disease
Developmental psychology
Alexithymia
Perception
medicine
Semantic memory
Personality
Construct (philosophy)
Levels-of-processing effect
Psychology
General Psychology
Cognitive psychology
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00926566
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Research in Personality
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........17985b9e3a77c8267d69aa335d6da041