Mado Gautier

Catholic University of Louvain | UCLouvain · Psychological Sciences Research Institute

Objective: The continuum hypothesis proposes that binge drinking and severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) share qualitatively similar cognitive and emotional impairments. In SAUD, these deficits have a demonstrated impact on social decision making, resulting in a utilitarian bias. Namely, when confronted with moral dilemmas, patients with SAUD tend t...

Objectives: The psychology of moral decision-making classically contrasts utilitarianism (i.e., based on consequences) and deontology (i.e., based on moral norms). Previous studies capitalizing on this dichotomy have suggested the presence of a utilitarian bias among patients with severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD). We aimed to further disentangle...

Aims: Despite their importance in the emergence and persistence of severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD), social cognition impairments remain understudied in this population. Hostile attributional biases (HAB), a key component of social cognition, may be involved in interpersonal problems and SAUD maintenance. However, current evidence for HAB in SAUD...

Social cognition impairments, and notably emotional facial expression (EFE) recognition difficulties, as well as their functional and clinical correlates, are increasingly documented in severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD). However, insights into their underlying mechanisms are lacking. Here, we tested if SAUD was associated with alterations in the a...

Severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) is among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, leading to a wide range of deleterious consequences for the individual, their relatives and the society. Individuals suffering from SAUD are often tough to be more aggressive and violent. We reviewed the literature linking alcohol consumption and aggression to pro...

Rejection sensitivity (RS) reflects the disposition to anxiously expect, readily perceive, and disproportionately react to rejection. It is linked to interpersonal problems and psychopathological symptoms, which are frequent in severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) and are known to influence clinical outcomes. Consequently, RS has been put forward as...

Severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) is among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, leading to a wide range of deleterious consequences for the individual, their relatives, and the society. Individuals suffering from SAUD are often tough to be more aggressive and violent. We reviewed the literature linking alcohol consumption and aggression to pr...

Objective: Social cognition research in alcohol use disorder (AUD) has accumulated over the past decades and has implications for understanding the interpersonal problems reported in this population and for improving clinical outcomes. However, recent criticism of classically used social cognition tasks calls for an evaluation of social cognition a...

Background Patients with severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD) demonstrate multifaceted impairments in social cognition abilities, including emotional decoding or Theory of Mind. Such impairments are associated with real‐life interpersonal difficulties, which in turn could contribute to the persistence of SAUD. However, little is known regarding how p...

Background: Consistent data highlight the presence and clinical significance of social cognition impairments in severe alcohol use disorder (SAUD). However, important social cognition components, notably social perception and knowledge (i.e. the ability to identify and interpret latent social rules from social situations), have not yet been explore...