Alcohol hangover slightly impairs response selection but not response inhibition - Opitz A, Hubert J, Beste C, Stock AK.
Alcohol hangover commonly occurs after an episode of heavy drinking. It has previously been demonstrated that acute high-dose alcohol intoxication reduces cognitive control, while automatic processes remain comparatively unaffected. However, it has remaine... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Alcohol Hangover: Underlying Mechanisms Alcohol Hangover: Underlying Mechanisms
What have we learned about the underlying mechanisms implicated in hangover pathology?Alcohol and Alcoholism (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Journal Article Source Type: news
Cognitive performance and mood after a normal night of drinking: a naturalistic alcohol hangover study in a non-student sample - Devenney LE, Coyle KB, Verster JC.
AIMS: The alcohol hangover is typically investigated in student samples. However, alcohol hangovers are also reported by non-student drinkers, beyond the age and drinking behaviors of a student sample. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Bring on the tartan blankets and half a shandy, I ’m happy to embrace later life | Kevin McKenna
As a survey reveals that the over-50s are joining gyms and having sex, the reality is something rather more comfortableThe psychological challenges that arrive with your 50th birthday are rarely addressed in debates about Scotland ’s health. To be honest, they’d all been pulsing and fermenting away for a few years before then anyway. Many of us choose to put them in one of those wee mental boxes that psychologists tell their patients to imagine when they want to dodge bad memories and negative vibes. We then mark it with big virtual red capital letters: “NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL YOU’RE 50.” These little red flags r...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 14, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Kevin McKenna Tags: Scotland Ageing Science Middle age UK news Society Source Type: news
More Americans Seek Alcohol-Free Social Spaces More Americans Seek Alcohol-Free Social Spaces
A national trend of boozeless bars is cropping up nationwide to create social spaces without the hangovers, DUIs, and alcoholism culture. It ' s part of a new push for sober options.Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
