EXPRESSÃO FACIAL: O RECONHECIMENTO DAS EMOÇÕES BÁSICAS EM DEPENDENTES DE HEROÍNA. ESTUDO EMPÍRICO COM PORTUGUESES.

This paper presents a research on the effect of the cocaine in the identification and recognition of the basic emotions (joy, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust, fear and contempt).The sample involved 60 Portuguese participants (25 women, M = 36,5, SD = 4,4; 35 men, M = 30,5, SD = 3.6) diagnoses with Induced Disturbances by Opiates (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).The results confirm that the heroin dependents present difficulties in the identification and characterization of the universal basic emotions with exception of the sadness and anger. The results confirm, still, that the women are more spontaneous in the identification and characterization of the basic emotions of that the men. The men are not so spontaneous and consistent in that identification, revealing freguents errors of emotional perception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]