Mixed emotions: Alcoholics' impairments in the recognition of specific emotional facial expressions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 773-782

  Townshend, J M ^a   Duka, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal; Anger; Anxiety; CANTAB; Disgust; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0037216139     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00284-1     Document Type: Article

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