Alcoholics misread faces
People with severe alcoholism may have more trouble interpreting other's emotions, new research suggests.
Being able to recognise people's emotional facial expressions is a cornerstone of non-verbal communication and can affect how well a person interacts socially. Alcoholics tend to have trouble decoding these expressions, researchers say.
These facial clues "are key features of communication since they convey most information on emotional expression and regulation as well as on social motives," study author Marie-Line Foisy, a researcher at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, said in a prepared statement.How the study was conductedIn a new study in the March issue of Alcoholism:
People with severe alcoholism may have more trouble interpreting other's emotions, new research suggests.
Being able to recognise people's emotional facial expressions is a cornerstone of non-verbal communication and can affect how well a person interacts socially. Alcoholics tend to have trouble decoding these expressions, researchers say.
These facial clues "are key features of communication since they convey most information on emotional expression and regulation as well as on social motives," study author Marie-Line Foisy, a researcher at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, said in a prepared statement.How the study was conductedIn a new study in the March issue of Alcoholism:
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