The these put forward by Marty and Sifneos on the one hand and by Cremerius on the other regarding "psichosomatic structure" have been compared in 66 patients suffering from idiopathic cephalea. Of these, 49 were suffering from migraine and 17 from musculotensive cephalea. The conclusion was that the alexithimic trait is related to the sociocultural level of the patients, not to their clinical picture.