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Chapter 16 - Processing Emotions in Alexithymia: A Systematic Review of Physiological Markers

from Part IV - Biological Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2018

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Georgia Panayiotou ,
Maria Panteli  and
Elke Vlemincx
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Olivier Luminet ,
R. Michael Bagby  and
Graeme J. Taylor
Olivier Luminet
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Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
R. Michael Bagby
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University of Toronto
Graeme J. Taylor
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Alexithymia
Advances in Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice
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