Review Article

Addressing Evidence Linking Secondary Alexithymia to Aberrant Humor Processing

Table 1

Secondary alexithymia and humor studies.

Organic alexithymiaAberrant humor
StudiesBrain regionBrain regionStudies

Paradiso et al., [74]
Messina et al., [67]
Patrikelis et al., [12]
Hobson et al., [26]
Schäfer et al., [29]
Ventral-rostral ACC/mPFCIFG, MFG, ITG MTG, TPJ, and precuneusWatson et al., [100]
IFGWild et al., [97]
Goel and Dolan, [98]
Bartolo et al., [99]
Watson et al., [100]
mvPFCMobbs et al., [94]
Moran et al., [96]
Goel and Dolan, [98]
Bartolo et al., [99]
Sieboerger et al., [104]
amPFCGallagher et al., [102]
Marjoram et al., [103]

Hogeveen et al., [89]Anterior insulaInsulaMoran et al., [96]
Insula, left IPG, left pITG, and right pMTGGoel and Dolan, [98]

Hoppe and Bogen, [13]
Galin, [14]
Corpus callosum

Huang et al., [9]
Paradiso et al., [74]
Globus pallidus

Spalletta et al., [16]
Ho and Lee [30]
Schäfer et al., [29]
Right hemisphere

Williams et al., [83]Bilateral frontal and parietal lobesInsula, left IPG, left pITG, and right pMTGGoel and Dolan, [98]