Drug-abusers have difficulty to recognize negative emotions as wrath, fear and sadness, study finds

Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 10:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists in Spain have analyzed the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust). This study was carried out with a sample including 123 polysubstance abusers and 67 no-drug users.

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