Autonomic Reactivity to Arousing Stimuli with Social and Non-social Relevance in Alexithymia

[摘要] Emotional difficulties in alexithymia and their social consequences have been linked to alterations in autonomic nervous system. However, most of previous studies did not take into account the distinction between the affective and the cognitive dimensions of the alexithymia, leading to inconsistent results.

[学科分类] 心理学（综合）

[关键词] alexithymia;empathy;emotion;IAPS;social relevance;autonomic;skin conductance response;arousal