Impaired emotion recognition is linked to alexithymia in heroin addicts

Several investigations document altered emotion processing in opiate addiction. Nevertheless, the origin of this phenomenon remains unclear. Here we examined the role of alexithymia in the ability (i.e., number of errors—accuracy and reaction times—RTs) of thirty-one heroin addicts and thirty-one he...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Craparo, Alessio Gori, Stefano Dell’Aera, Giulia Costanzo, Silvia Fasciano, Antonia Tomasello, Carmelo M. Vicario
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1864.pdf