پردازش احساسات ناکارآمد ممکن است نقص حافظه بصری در آلکسی تایمیا را توضیح دهد

While past research implicates weakened memory in alexithymia, the verbal nature of most memory tasks is problematic, as there is also evidence of a generalized verbal deficit underlying alexithymia. To address this confound, the current study compared groups of high- and low-alexithymic individuals on a neuropsychological memory assessment that included both verbal and nonverbal tasks. Contrary to the hypothesis, participants performed equivalently on verbal subtests, but the high-alexithymic group, relative to the low-alexithymic group, demonstrated a deficit for visual short- and long-delay memory that involves remembering pictures of people in social situations. Implications and ideas for future research are discussed.