Effects of acute alcohol consumption on emotion recognition in high and low trait aggressive drinkers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research suggests that acute alcohol consumption impairs processing of emotional faces. As emotion processing plays a key role in effective social interaction, these impairments may be one mechanism by which alcohol changes social behaviour. This study investigated the effect of individual differences on this relationship by comparing emotion recognition performance after acute alcohol consumption in individuals with high and low trait aggression.

Methods

Regular non-dependent drinkers, either high or low in trait aggression participated in a double-blind placebo-controlled experiment (N = 88, 50% high trait aggressive). Participants attended two sessions. In one they consumed an alcoholic drink (0.4 g/kg) and in the other they consumed a matched placebo. T

SUBMITTER: Eastwood AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7604882 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature