Distinct affective processing of emotionally stimulating written words and pictures in patients with alcohol dependence.
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.
Jung
Young-Chul
YC
Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Nam Wook
NW
Kim
Jae-Jin
JJ
Namkoong
Kee
K
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