Deficits in affective prosody comprehension: family history of alcoholism versus alcohol exposure.

Background: Abstinent alcoholics have deficits in comprehending the affective intonation in speech. Prior work suggests that these deficits are due to alcohol exposure rather than preexisting risk factors for alcoholism. The present paper examines whether family history of alcoholism is a contributo...

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Published in:Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 25 - 30
Main Authors: Sorocco KH, Monnot M, Vincent AS, Ross ED, Lovallo WR
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jan/Feb2010
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