Why Do We Get Blackout Drunk?
If you've ever drunk too much, you might've experienced the phenomenon of "blacking out." Why does this happen? Trace is here to explain what occurs in the brain once you've consumed a large...
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IT'S SAINT PATRICK'S WEEKEND!!!!!! A time to celebrate the work of Saint Patrick who converted the Irish from Paganism to Catholicism. In America, this means getting medievally blackout ffffffffffwasted! Huh? Howdy Irish and Irish-wannabes, Trace here for DNews with some drunk science. Now there's drunk, and then there's BLACKOUT drunk. Those are the times when you're so bombed you literally have no memory of anything you did or said. A whole chunk of time is just lost. Count yourself lucky if this has never happened to you. But why does this happen at all? First let's talk about how memories are made. Scientists aren't EXACTLY sure, but they THINK it has to do with the hippocampus. On a normal day, the synapses of your brain comm...
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IT'S SAINT PATRICK'S WEEKEND!!!!!! A time to celebrate the work of Saint Patrick who converted the Irish from Paganism to Catholicism. In America, this means getting medievally blackout ffffffffffwasted! Huh? Howdy Irish and Irish-wannabes, Trace here for DNews with some drunk science. Now there's drunk, and then there's BLACKOUT drunk. Those are the times when you're so bombed you literally have no memory of anything you did or said. A whole chunk of time is just lost. Count yourself lucky if this has never happened to you. But why does this happen at all? First let's talk about how memories are made. Scientists aren't EXACTLY sure, but they THINK it has to do with the hippocampus. On a normal day, the synapses of your brain comm...
