A moderate dose of alcohol selectively reduces empathic accuracy.
Freya ThielBrian D OstafinJana R UppendahlLenka J WichmannMarco SchlosserMarije Aan Het RotPublished in: Psychopharmacology (2018)
The effect of condition in participants with lower AUDIT scores indicates alcohol selectively reduced EA in individuals low on hazardous drinking. This suggests either alcohol-induced impairments of EA for positive events or a positivity bias in men at low risk for alcohol dependency.