Emotion recognition deficits in eating disorders are explained by co-occurring alexithymia
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Emotion recognition deficits in eating disorders are explained by co-occurring alexithymia
Previous research has yielded inconsistent findings regarding the ability of individuals with eating disorders (EDs) to recognize facial emotion, making the clinical features of this population hard to determine. This study tested the hypothesis that where observed, emotion recognition deficits exhibited by patients with EDs are due to alexithymia, a co-occurring condition also associated with ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Royal Society Open Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2054-5703
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140382