Alcoholism disrupts ability to read emotions, conduct relationships

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Bill

…the study leaves one of researchers’ most burning questions unanswered: Whether the blunted emotional sensitivity evident in the alcoholics came first — and then gave way to alcoholism — or whether alcoholism brought about changes in the brain that blunted peoples’ sensitivity to others’ emotions.

Alcoholism disrupts ability to read emotions, conduct relationships | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times

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