This paper examined the claims postulated by the somatic marker hypothesis and compares those claims to the current evidence surrounding the neural basis of alexithymia. The results were then compared to see if they contradict or have a distinct localisation in the brain separate from those behavioural brain regions hypothesized by the somatic marker hypothesis. It was concluded that the somatic marker hypothesis and the neural basis for alexithymia share certain regions of interest, primarily the amygdala and insula, but also potentially the anterior cingulate cortex.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:his-21589 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Snellman, Henrik |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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