Alexithymia, hemisphericity, and conjugate lateral eye movements.
The conjugate lateral eye movements (CLEMs) of 102 university students were measured in conjunction with the administration of the Schalling-Sifneos Personality Scale, a self-report measure of alexithymia. There was a significant positive correlation between CLEM scores and alexithymia scores for all subjects, suggesting the existence of a relationship between right hemisphere activation and alexithymic characteristics. These results are discussed in terms of some theoretical models of alexithymia.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000503:physiopathology; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male