The Influence of Alcohol Intake and Alcohol Expectations on the Recognition of Emotions

Walter, Nora T.; Mutic, Smiljana; Markett, Sebastian; Montag, Christian; Klein, Alisa M.; Reuter, Martin

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agr082

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“…Interestingly, the effects on emotion processing in each of these studies were unrelated to alcohol-induced changes in mood or alcohol expectancies. In contrast, two other studies failed to find an effect of alcohol on emotion recognition compared with placebo (Kano et al , 2003; Walter et al , 2011). Thus, there is some evidence that alcohol disrupts the recognition of sadness, which may have the effect of facilitating positive social interactions.…”

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confidence: 83%

Drug effects on responses to emotional facial expressions

Miller

Bershad²,

Wit³

2015

Behavioural Pharmacology

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Many psychoactive drugs increase social behavior and enhance social interactions, which may, in turn, increase their attractiveness to users. Although the psychological mechanisms by which drugs affect social behavior are not fully understood, there is some evidence that drugs alter the perception of emotions in others. Drugs can affect the ability to detect, attend to, and respond to emotional facial expressions, which in turn may influence their use in social settings. Either increased reactivity to positive expressions or decreased response to negative expressions may facilitate social interaction. This article reviews evidence that psychoactive drugs alter the processing of emotional facial expressions using subjective, behavioral, and physiological measures. The findings lay the groundwork for better understanding how drugs alter social processing and social behavior more generally.

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Section: Drug Effects On Facial Processingmentioning

confidence: 83%

Drug effects on responses to emotional facial expressions

Miller

Bershad²,

Wit³

2015

Behavioural Pharmacology

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“…This consisted of full color video displays of dynamically developing emotional expressions, which are more ecologically valid than the static pictures used previously with MDMA, and more effectively activate emotional brain areas (LaBar et al 2003; Platt et al 2010; Walter et al 2011). We used objective measures of electromyographic (EMG) activity in facial muscles to assess emotional responses to these displays.…”

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MDMA alters emotional processing and facilitates positive social interaction

Wardle

Wit

2014

Psychopharmacology

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Background ±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”) produces “prosocial” effects, such as feelings of empathy and closeness, thought to be important to its abuse and its value in psychotherapy. However, it is not fully understood how MDMA alters basic emotional processes to produce these effects, or whether it produces corresponding changes in actual social behavior. Here we examined how MDMA affects perceptions of and responses to emotional expressions, and tested its effects on behavior during a social interaction. We also examined whether MDMA’s prosocial effects related to a measure of abuse liability. Methods Over three sessions 36 healthy volunteers with previous ecstasy use received MDMA (0.75mg/kg, 1.5mg/kg) and placebo under double-blind conditions. We measured i) mood and cardiovascular effects, ii) perception of and psychophysiological responses to emotional expressions iii) use of positive and negative words in a social interaction and iv) perceptions of an interaction partner. We then tested whether these effects predicted desire to take the drug again. Results MDMA slowed perception of angry expressions, increased psychophysiological responses to happy expressions, and increased positive word use and perceptions of partner empathy and regard in a social interaction. These effects were not strongly related to desire to take the drug again. Conclusions MDMA alters basic emotional processes by slowing identification of negative emotions and increasing responses to positive emotions in others. Further, it positively affects behavior and perceptions during actual social interaction. These effects may contribute to the efficacy of MDMA in psychotherapy, but appear less closely related to its abuse potential.

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“…Existing studies are somewhat controversial, for example, the study by Walter et al (2011) shows the relationship between alcohol intake and ''social'' behaviour, also behaviour which is more aggressive in nonverbal communication; with alcohol they feel they are able to reach out more to others, this applies especially to people who have problems with social phobia. However, most studies show that happiness is more correlated with lower levels of alcohol consumption among adults (Murphy et al 2005;Kelloniemi et al 2005).…”

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French Adaptation of the Orientation to Happiness Scale and Its Relationship to Quality of Life in French Students

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Happiness is the current hot topic whether in television, press or research. For some, it is immeasurable; for others it is quantifiable and thus has numerous measurement tools. After having defined happiness, the aim of the four studies presented below is to propose a valid French adaptation of the three-dimensional Orientation to Happiness questionnaire (Peterson et al. in J Happiness Stud 6:25-41, 2005). In Study 1, successive PCA and CFA revealed that

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The Influence of Alcohol Intake and Alcohol Expectations on the Recognition of Emotions

Abstract: 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.

Cited by 23 publications

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Drug effects on responses to emotional facial expressions

Drug effects on responses to emotional facial expressions

MDMA alters emotional processing and facilitates positive social interaction

French Adaptation of the Orientation to Happiness Scale and Its Relationship to Quality of Life in French Students

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