Alcohol dulls brain 'alarm' that monitors mistakes, study finds
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 11:32
in Psychology & Sociology
Most people have witnessed otherwise intelligent people doing embarrassing or stupid things when they are intoxicated, but what specifically happens in the brain to cause such drunken actions? A new study testing alcohol's effects on brain activity from the University of Missouri says that alcohol dulls the brain "signal" that warns people when they are making a mistake, ultimately reducing self control.