Acute alcohol consumption and secondary psychopathic traits increase ratings of the attractiveness and health of ethnic ingroup faces but not outgroup faces

Acute alcohol consumption and secondary psychopathic traits increase ratings of the attractiveness and health of ethnic ingroup faces but not outgroup faces

Studies have consistently shown that both consumption of acute amounts of alcohol, and elevated antisocial psychopathic traits, are associated with an impaired ability for prepotent response inhibition. This may manifest as a reduced ability to inhibit prepotent race biased responses. Here we tested...

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Main Authors: Ian John Mitchell, Steven Mark Gillespie, Monica eLeverton, Victoria eLlewellyn, Emily eNeale, Isobel eStevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Health
alcohol
response inhibition
attractiveness
psychopathy
Ingroup
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00025/full

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