Influence of habitual negative affect on processing of negative facial stimuli in alcoholic patients

Introduction: Neuropsychological studies reported decoding deficits of emotional facial expressions in alcohol-dependent patients (ADP). Habitual negative affect (hNA) could be one of the basic moderators associated with perception biases. Previous neuroimaging studies found altered neural activation patterns in prefrontal and limbic brain areas during emotional facial processing in ADP, predicting also prospective relapse risk. However, studies on hNA influence on neural activation during emotion processing in ADP are lacking so far.

Source: Alcohol - May 1, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Katrin Charlet, Linda Wulkau, Anne Beck, Anne Jorde, Evangelos Zois, Sabine Vollst ädt-Klein, Martina Kirsch, Henrik Walter, Falk Kiefer, Andreas Heinz Source Type: research