Racially invariant stimuli may bias outcomes in assessment of emotion processing.

Difficulties identifying emotional facial expressions are commonly observed in alcohol use disorder (AUD). Critically, this work utilizes single-race stimulus sets, although study samples are not similarly constrained. This is particularly concerning given evidence among community samples showing the impact of racial incongruity, giving rise to interpretative caveats.Community controls (n = 55, 12 Black) and individuals with AUD (n = 46, 9...