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Alexithymia, verbal ability and emotion recognition.

Ornella Montebarocci¹, Paola Surcinelli, Nicola Rossi

¹Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy. ornella.montebarocci@unibo.it

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Summary

High alexithymia, characterized by difficulty identifying emotions, was not linked to impaired emotion recognition in students when verbal IQ was considered. This suggests verbal ability may not mediate the alexithymia-emotion recognition relationship.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Neuroscience
Cognitive Science

Background:

Previous research suggests alexithymia, a personality trait characterized by difficulty identifying and describing emotions, may impair emotional recognition.
However, the role of cognitive abilities, such as verbal and non-verbal skills, in this relationship remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between alexithymia and emotion recognition ability.
To determine if verbal ability mediates the association between alexithymia and the capacity to recognize emotions.

Main Methods:

Thirty-five university students, screened for alexithymia using the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), participated.
Participants viewed black and white slides displaying facial expressions of six basic emotions: anger, sadness, disgust, surprise, happiness, and fear.

Main Results:

No significant difference in emotion recognition was found between high and low alexithymic participants.
This finding held true even after controlling for verbal IQ, indicating verbal ability did not mediate the relationship.

Conclusions:

The study did not find evidence that alexithymia impairs emotion recognition when verbal IQ is taken into account.
Verbal ability does not appear to be a mediating factor in the relationship between alexithymia and emotion recognition.