Essays about: "alexithymia"

Found 5 essays containing the word alexithymia.

  1. 1. Mind, body, and choice: A review of alexithymia and the somatic-marker hypothesis

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Henrik Snellman; [2022]
    Keywords : alexithymia; somatic marker hypothesis; neuroimaging;

    Abstract : This paper examined the claims postulated by the somatic marker hypothesis and compares those claims to the current evidence surrounding the neural basis of alexithymia. The results were then compared to see if they contradict or have a distinct localisation in the brain separate from those behavioural brain regions hypothesized by the somatic marker hypothesis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Judgments of Social Dimensions of Faces in Individuals with High-Functioning Autism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Christina Lindahl; [2017]
    Keywords : Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Social Judgments; Face Recognition; ASD; High-Functioning Autism; Face Reading; Social Dimensions;

    Abstract : The aim of the present study was to investigate if individuals with high-functioning autism differ from typically developing (TD) individuals in judgments of social dimensions from faces. Thirty-two individuals with high functioning autism and sixty-seven TD individuals rated 196 synthetic faces representing 7 social dimensions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Personlighet och Alexitymi hos unga kvinnor med samlagssmärta – en pilotstudie

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Zackarias Jerneck; [2015]
    Keywords : vestibulodynia.; vaginismus; Twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Temperament and Character Inventory – Revised; temperament; TCI-R; psychosomatics; personality; alexithymia; character; dyspareunia; Social Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Aim. To investigate personality, alexithymia and personal relations in a cohort of seven women with superficial dyspareunia based on either LPV (localized provoced vestibulodynia) or painful vaginism. The purpose was to find background personality variables to address later in psychotherapy. Methods. READ MORE

  5. 4. Narcissism - Brain and Behavior : Self-Views and Empathy in the Narcissistic Brain

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Joakim Olsson; [2014]
    Keywords : narcissism; narcissistic personality disoder; neural correlates; behavior;

    Abstract : This thesis reviews both psychological and neural research in the fields of self-evaluation, self-views and self-enhancement bias. The research has made associations to grandiosity and need for admiration, which are two of the defining characteristics of narcissistic personality disorder. READ MORE

  6. 5. The influence of alexithymia and sex in the recognition of emotions from visual, auditory, and bimodal cues

    University essay from Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Diana Sanchez Cortes; [2013]
    Keywords : alexithymia; emotional recognition; Gemep;

    Abstract : Alexithymia is a personality trait associated with impairments in emotional processing. This study investigated the influence of alexithymia and sex in the ability to recognize emotional expressions presented in faces, voices, and their combination. READ MORE