Social cognition refers to processes contributing to the perception and understanding of social environments and social interactions (Frith, 2008). Alcoholic individuals can demonstrate deficits in decoding basic and complex emotional facial expressions (Castellano et al., 2015; D’Hondt et al., 2014; Donadon and Osorio Fde, 2014; Kornreich et al., 2001; Kornreich et al., 2002; Maurage et al., 2009; Maurage et al., 2008; Maurage et al., 2011a; Philippot et al., 1999; Uekermann and Daum, 2008). In particular, recognition of negative affect such as disgust and anger can be affected in alcoholism (Bora and Zorlu, 2016), such compromise having the potential to contribute to interpersonal problems in everyday life, for example, misperceiving a facial grimace for aggression (Kornreich et al., 2002).
