Psychophysiological research integrating heart rate variability (HRV) has increased during
the last two decades, particularly given the fact that HRV is able to index cardiac vagal tone …

The construct of alexithymia encompasses the characteristics of difficulty identifying feelings,
difficulty describing feelings, externally oriented thinking, and a limited imaginal capacity …

Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by altered emotional awareness which
has been gaining diagnostic prevalence in a range of neuropsychiatric disorders, with …

Interoceptive awareness (IA) is associated with emotional experience, the processing of
emotional stimuli, and activation of brain structures that monitor the internal visceral and …

Alexithymia is a personality trait frequently found in adults with autism spectrum disorder
(ASD), and has been linked to impairments in emotion recognition and empathy. The …

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) consist of paroxystic events facilitated by a
dysfunction in emotion processing. Models explaining the pathogenic mechanisms leading …

Cardiac vagal control, as measured by indices of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), has
been investigated as a marker of impaired self‐regulation in mental disorders, including …

Attachment theory has been conceptualised as an affect regulation theory, proposing that
attachment is associated with the expression and recognition of emotions as well as …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine whether deficits in emotion regulation
manifest as a relative lack of congruence between subjective reports of emotion and …

Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties in recognizing and verbalizing
emotions and the utilization of a cognitive style that is oriented toward external events, rather …