Rationale Illicit use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has grown into a serious public
health concern throughout the Western World. AAS use is associated with adverse medical …

Background: It is well established that chronic alcoholism is associated with a deficit in the
decoding of emotional facial expression (EFE). Nevertheless, it is still unclear whether this …

Impaired social cognition has been associated with interpersonal problems and with the
development of and relapse into alcohol abuse. In the present study, self-reported trait …

Previous studies have repeatedly linked alcoholism is to impairment in emotional facial
expression decoding. The present study aimed at extending previous findings while …

Background Alcohol abuse and dependence can cause a wide variety of cognitive,
psychomotor, and visual-spatial deficits. It is questionable whether this condition is …

Objective: Virtual reality therapy (VRT) uses multimodal stimulation that includes visual,
auditory, olfactory, and gustatory stimuli. The aim of this study was to assess the …

Our aim was to evaluate whether or not alcohol consumption in the form of binge drinking is
associated with alterations of memory and executive functions in a population of university …

Background A growing literature suggests deficient emotional facial expression (EFE)
processing among recently abstinent individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Further …

Background Many studies of patients with alcohol dependence (AD) have highlighted their
difficulty in identifying both their own emotional state and those of a social partner. We …

Background Even in the absence of heavy alcohol use, youth with familial alcoholism (family
history positive [FHP]) exhibit atypical brain functioning and behavior. Although emotional …