Beer goggles? Hold on; let me pour another pint
Dr. Amanda Ellison at Durham University wrote a book, Getting your Head around the Brain.
Disclaimer, I don’t have access to the book so I’m quoting the Telegraph (eeks!).
…fluke of nature sees alcohol closing down the section of the mind that stops us acting on impulse long before it deadens the ‘reptilian’ part responsible for our sexual urges.
The area of the brain that makes us want to mate is the oldest part – and located so far down that it keeps functioning however much we drink – until we are ready to pass out.
More from Dr. Ellison here:
Speech localiser – Amanda Ellison: Getting Your Head Around the Brain
h/t mary Zeman and Darryl Mouzone
Image source: I don’t know, I’ve had this since 1862.
#ScienceSunday
March 4, 2013
Love this!
March 4, 2013
I wants book!
March 4, 2013
Regenstein Akinola Emmanuel
March 4, 2013
I think everybody should sober up and realize that this phenomena is not necessarily amusing:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12022717?dopt=Abstract
“Research suggests that alcohol consumption by the perpetrator and/or the victim increases the likelihood of acquaintance sexual assault occurring through multiple pathways. Alcohol’s psychological, cognitive and motor effects contribute to sexual assault.”
March 4, 2013
Assault is never funny Gaythia Weis. The walk of shame is another story.
March 4, 2013
Gaythia Weis Yes you are correct, however I think we were just having some fun with it 🙂
March 4, 2013
I heard this on NPR
Act One. Best Laid Plans.
http://goo.gl/m3UIo
I figured the beer goggles phenomenon is unisex. Again, assault is never OK and was not implied in this post.
March 4, 2013
since 1862? Maybe in America…