Impaired emotional facial expression recognition in alcohol dependence: Do these deficits persist with midterm abstinence?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 404-410

  Foisy, Marie Line ^a   Kornreich, Charles ^a   Fobe, Anaïs ^b   D'Hondt, Laetitia ^b   Pelc, Isidore ^a   Hanak, Catherine ^a   Verbanck, Paul ^a   Philippot, Pierre ^b  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Emotion; Facial Expression; Midterm Abstinence; Nonverbal Behavior

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33846923790     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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