Objective Twenty-five years ago, this journal published two articles reporting the
development and initial validation of the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Since …

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a critical role in the generation and regulation of emotion.
However, we lack an integrative framework for understanding how different emotion-related …

The positive-negative axis of emotional valence has long been recognized as fundamental
to adaptive behavior, but its origin and underlying function have largely eluded formal …

Emotional awareness is the ability to conceptualize and describe one's own emotions and
those of others. Over thirty years ago, a cognitive-developmental theory of emotional …

Background Alexithymia is a key transdiagnostic risk factor for emotion-based
psychopathologies. Conceptual models specify that this is because alexithymia impairs …

The neurovisceral integration (NVI) model was originally proposed to account for observed
relationships between peripheral physiology, cognitive performance, and emotional/physical …

Abstract The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is a 10-item self-report measure of 2
emotion regulation strategies, cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. It is a …

Conscious interoception, the perception of internal bodily states, is thought to contribute to
fundamental human abilities (eg, decision-making and emotional regulation). One of its most …

Alexithymia is a multifaceted personality construct characterised by difficulties identifying
one's feelings and distinguishing them from bodily sensations, difficulties describing one's …

Alexithymia is a multi-dimensional personality trait involving difficulty identifying feelings,
difficulty describing feelings, and an externally oriented thinking style. Poor fantasy life is …