Drinking Dampens Ability to Feel Fear

[kwillia (Premo)]

I'm thinking I should have titled this thread "Case Study: Slotted".

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Alcohol can make people frisky, chatty and, as any bouncer knows, feisty.

Now, a new brain scan study shows drinking actually dampens the biological ability to feel fear.

When people drink, these lowered fear levels can lead to liquor-fueled courage that can ultimately make people more aggressive, explained study co-author Dr. Daniel Hommer.

"You're less likely to feel afraid, and you're also less likely to run away or to avoid conflict," said Hommer, chief of the section on brain imaging at the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.

[MMDad]

This needed a study? We haven't known this since booze was invented?

[SoMDGirl42 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by kwillia

I'm thinking I should have titled this thread "Case Study: Slotted".

Drinking Dampens Ability to Feel Fear - MSN Health & Fitness - Stop Smoking

Alcohol can make people frisky, chatty and, as any bouncer knows, feisty.

Now, a new brain scan study shows drinking actually dampens the biological ability to feel fear.

When people drink, these lowered fear levels can lead to liquor-fueled courage that can ultimately make people more aggressive, explained study co-author Dr. Daniel Hommer.

"You're less likely to feel afraid, and you're also less likely to run away or to avoid conflict," said Hommer, chief of the section on brain imaging at the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse.

Isn't this why all drunks are 8 foot tall and bullet proof? I thought we already knew this.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by kwillia

I'm thinking I should have titled this thread "Case Study: Slotted".

[slotted (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Mojo

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by MMDad

This needed a study? We haven't known this since booze was invented?

Next thing you know they'll be telling us it takes away your inhibitions and makes not-so-pretty girls look like starlets.

[Pete (Premo)]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Next thing you know they'll be telling us it takes away your inhibitions and makes not-so-pretty girls look like starlets.

Or it makes you dance better.

[Dupontster]

Originally Posted by MMDad

This needed a study? We haven't known this since booze was invented?

Originally Posted by SoMDGirl42

Isn't this why all drunks are 8 foot tall and bullet proof? I thought we already knew this.

Yeah, but a study makes it official..

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by Pete

Or it makes you dance better.

Or makes your jokes funnier.

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by Pete

Or it makes you dance better.

It helped me sing karaoke, but for some reason I wasn't allowed to sing again after the first song.