Emotion Recognition Biases in Alcohol Use Disorder.
Clara R FreemanCorinde E WiersMatthew E SloanAmna ZehraVeronica RamirezGene-Jack WangNora D VolkowPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2018)
Our findings suggest that individuals with AUD have a bias toward misidentifying emotional facial expressions as hostile, which is not mediated by associated mood changes. This provides further evidence of disrupted social cognition in AUD.