Impaired Decoding of Fear and Disgust Predicts Utilitarian Moral Judgment in Alcohol-Dependent Individuals

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 179-185

  Carmona Perera, Martina ^a   Clark, Luke ^b   Young, Liane ^c   Pérez García, Miguel ^a   Verdejo García, Antonio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependent Individuals; Disgust Decoding; Emotional Face Recognition; Fear; Moral Decision Making; Utilitarian Judgments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISGUST; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS; DISGUST DECODING; EMOTIONAL FACE RECOGNITION; FEAR; MORAL DECISION-MAKING; UTILITARIAN JUDGMENTS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOLISM; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84892772203     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12245     Document Type: Article

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