title: Distinct affective processing of emotionally stimulating written words and pictures in patients with alcohol dependence.
abstract: We explored the affective processing of patients with alcohol dependence to emotionally stimulating written words and pictures. The alcoholic group demonstrated dichotomous responses and was incapable of compromising in neutral conditions. The dichotomous response pattern and positivity offset differed between words and pictures in patients with alcohol dependence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Chul
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Nam Wook
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Jin
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Namkoong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D014825:Vocabulary