Pilleriin Sikka
Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience
In this project, we are investigating the role emotion regulation difficulties play in alexithymia and how these difficulties may translate to various mental health disorders.
Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties identifying feelings, difficulties describing feelings, and an externally orientated thinking style.
It is a key transdiagnostic factor for various psychopathologies, such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and somatization disorders.
In the project we are investigating the role emotion regulation difficulties play in alexithymia and how these difficulties may translate to various mental health disorders.
Collaborators
James J. Gross (Stanford University) and David A. Preece (Curtin University, The University of Western Australia).