21.11.2018I don’t get you – alcoholism and social cognition

PD Dr. Patrizia Thoma, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Alcoholism often goes hand in hand with problems in interpersonal relationships. Some of these conflicts can be traced back to the fact that those affected by alcoholism have difficulties with processing social and emotional information and with acting appropriately. A reason for this is that chronic alcohol dependency leads to changes in those areas of the brain responsible for processing social and emotional information and behaviour control. The talk will give an overview on the latest research on this topic in the field of neuropsychology.