Alexithymia and levels of processing: Evidence for an overall deficit in remembering emotion words |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2. Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Ontario, Canada;4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;5. Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;1. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus;2. Houston OCD Program, Houston, TX, USA;3. The Menninger Clinic Houston, TX, USA;4. McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA;1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Helios Hanseklinikum Stralsund, Germany;2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany;3. Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany;4. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Rostock, Greifswald, Germany |
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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. |
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