DISCRIMINATION OF MIMIC EXPRESSION AND NAME OF EMOTION BY ALEXITHYMICS

• Authors: Wawrzyniak M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to undertake an attempt of identifying the role of certain selected conditions in discriminating emotions by alexithymics. It was assumed that presence in the field of vision, time of exposition, as well as sequential and parallel presentation affected the accuracy of emotion discrimination. The study makes use of the FOTOS KODY experiment, which examines the discrimination of emotions encoded in the pictorial code (mimic expression) and the verbal code (name of emotion), as well as of the ALEX 40 test, which serves to establish the grade of alexithymia. Non-alexithymics proved more accurate in discriminating between mimic expression and name of emotion in all conditions of FOTOD KODY, which also shows their increased ability to switch between the pictorial and verbal codes for emotions. The results indicate that a long time of exposition, the right field of vision (in case of long exposition - 2000 ms) and the left field of vision (in case of short exposition - 500 ms), as well as sequential presentation of stimuli increase the accuracy of discrimination of emotions.

Keywords

EN

ALEXITHYMIA; DISCRIMINATION OF EMOTION; PICTORIAL & VERBAL CODES OF EMOTIONS

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee on Psychological Sciences PAS, Warsaw School of Social Psychology
• Journal: Psychological Studies
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-52
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Wawrzyniak M.

• M. Wawrzyniak, Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej, Wydzial Psychologii, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, 03- 815 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02545270