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

February 3, 2011 by

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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