Alcoholics’Deficits in the Decoding of Emotional Facial Expression
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The present study investigated emotional facial expression decoding in alcoholics. Twenty‐five alcoholic patients at the end of the detoxification process were compared with 25 volunteers matched for age, sex, and education. They were presented with facial expressions of neutral, mild, moderate, or strong emotional intensity. Results indicate that alcoholics overestimate the intensity of emotional expressions and make more errors in their decoding with a special bias for anger and contempt. Moreover, this decoding deficit is not perceived by the alcoholic patients. A general model is proposed that links visuospatial deficits, abnormal processing of social information, interpersonal stress, and alcohol abuse.
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- Authors
- Philippot, P., Kornreich, C., Blairy, S., Baert, I., Dulk, A. D., Bon, O. L., Streel, E., Hess, U., Pelc, I., & Verbanck, P.
- Affiliations
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Philippot, Pierre
- Venue
- Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1999-06
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1031-1038
- ISSN
- 0145-6008 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-0277
- OpenAlex
- W2067992719
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion)
- ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Keywords
- alcoholism, emotional facial expressions, facial expression decoding, anger, contempt, visuospatial deficits, social information processing, interpersonal stress, alcohol abuse
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Alcoholism, Emotions, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Social Perception, Temperance
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