|
|
This is only a preview of the paper
Click here to register and get the full text.
Existing members click here to login
|
|
|
How many of you had a couple of drinks and then thought about driving home. So many warnings tell you not to drink -- but do they really tell you why? Alcohol affects the body and mind in many different ways. It acts like a sedative, which means you feel soothing and relaxing effects. This could make someone feel more relaxed, and end up making fools of themselves and doing things that they later regret. Alcohol blocks the messages going to your brain, and alters your perceptions, emotions, vision, hearing, and coordination. According to one study by K. Richard Ridderinkhof of the University of Amsterdam and the Leiden University. He and his colleagues tested volunteers using a technique that measures the ability to respond correctly to conflicting and confusing signals. Even a single drink of alcohol is enough to impair someone's ability to reason quickly and detect errors, according to the study that electronically monitored brain waves in volunteers given drinks. Dutch researchers put sensors on the scalps of 14 men who were tested in three sessions after having, a single alcohol drink, or several drinks. The volunteers then were challenged in a computer test that required quick thinking and instinctive reasoning. Changes in brain action were quickly detected even after a single drink, leading the researchers to conclude that alcohol, even in "modest doses," was enough to erode the mind's ability to detect and correct errors. The alcohol was administered using orange juice spiked with vodka containing 37.5 percent alcohol.
Approximate Word count = 971
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
|
|
|
|
|
|