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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Social psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Human behavior is characterized by social alignment.
  • Alexithymia, a condition marked by difficulties in identifying and expressing emotions, has been linked to poor communication skills.
  • This suggests a potential deficit in social alignment principles among individuals with high alexithymia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between alexithymia and consensus-reaching abilities.
  • To explore the impact of alexithymia on cognitive social alignment within a group setting.

Main Methods:

  • 122 participants completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
  • Participants engaged in a "Consensus under a deadline" game, playing with either seven rational bots or seven other humans.
  • Participants were unaware of their group members' nature (human or bot).

Main Results:

  • A significant link was found between alexithymia and impaired cognitive social alignment.
  • The cognitive component of alexithymia (EOT) correlated with deficits in reaching consensus with human players.
  • This association was not observed when participants played with consistently rational bots.

Conclusions:

  • Alexithymia is associated with difficulties in cognitive social alignment, specifically in achieving group consensus with humans.
  • The impairment appears related to the cognitive aspects of alexithymia and the unpredictable nature of human interaction.
  • Rational, predictable group members (bots) did not elicit the same consensus deficit in individuals with alexithymia.