Titre :

Alexithymia and the Processing of Emotional Facial Expressions (EFEs): Systematic Review, Unanswered Questions and Further Perspectives

Auteur(s) :

Grynberg, Delphine [Auteur]
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain [UCL]
Chang, Betty [Auteur]
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain [UCL]
Corneille, Olivier [Auteur]
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain [UCL]
Maurage, Pierre [Auteur]
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain [UCL]
Vermeulen, Nicolas [Auteur]
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain [UCL]
Berthoz, Sylvie [Auteur]
Luminet, Olivier [Auteur]

Titre de la revue :

PLoS ONE

Nom court de la revue :

PLoS ONE

Numéro :

7

Pagination :

e42429

Éditeur :

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Date de publication :

2012-08-23

ISSN :

1932-6203

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences cognitives

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in identifying, differentiating and describing feelings. A high prevalence of alexithymia has often been observed in clinical disorders characterized by low social functioning. ...
Lire la suite >Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in identifying, differentiating and describing feelings. A high prevalence of alexithymia has often been observed in clinical disorders characterized by low social functioning. This review aims to assess the association between alexithymia and the ability to decode emotional facial expressions (EFEs) within clinical and healthy populations. More precisely, this review has four main objectives: (1) to assess if alexithymia is a better predictor of the ability to decode EFEs than the diagnosis of clinical disorder; (2) to assess the influence of comorbid factors (depression and anxiety disorder) on the ability to decode EFE; (3) to investigate if deficits in decoding EFEs are specific to some levels of processing or task types; (4) to investigate if the deficits are specific to particular EFEs. Twenty four studies (behavioural and neuroimaging) were identified through a computerized literature search of Psycinfo, PubMed, and Web of Science databases from 1990 to 2010. Data on methodology, clinical characteristics, and possible confounds were analyzed. The review revealed that: (1) alexithymia is associated with deficits in labelling EFEs among clinical disorders, (2) the level of depression and anxiety partially account for the decoding deficits, (3) alexithymia is associated with reduced perceptual abilities, and is likely to be associated with impaired semantic representations of emotional concepts, and (4) alexithymia is associated with neither specific EFEs nor a specific valence. These studies are discussed with respect to processes involved in the recognition of EFEs. Future directions for research on emotion perception are also discussed.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Établissement(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Autres travaux scientifiques

Date de dépôt :

2023-11-22T20:45:33Z
2024-03-05T12:13:42Z