TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - The Influence of Alcohol Intake and Alcohol Expectations on the Recognition of Emotions
JO  - Alcohol and alcoholism
A1  - Walter, Nora T.
A1  - Mutic, Smiljana
A1  - Markett, Sebastian
A1  - Montag, Christian
A1  - Klein, Alisa M.
A1  - Reuter, Martin
SP  - 680
EP  - 685
VL  - 46
IS  - 6
N2  - AIMS: To investigate the effects of actual and expected alcohol intake on the detection and interpretation of the basic emotions happiness and anger in facial expressions. METHODS: n = 102 healthy participants performed a dynamic emotion recognition task before and after receiving a drink which contained either a moderate alcohol dose or no alcohol in a double-blind design. RESULTS: The actual alcohol intake had no effect on detecting and interpreting facial expressions. However, subjects who expected to drink alcohol judged facial expressions significantly more often as happy. No effects were observable for the recognition of anger in facial expressions. CONCLUSION: Our results corroborate recent studies that found that the belief of consuming alcohol does not increase anger recognition or aggressive behavior but decreases aggression and social stress.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-0414
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agr082
ID  - ref1
ER  -