Alcohol Breaks Brain Connections Needed to Process Social Cues

Alcohol intoxication reduces communication between two areas of the brain that work together to properly interpret and respond to social signals, according to researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine. Their results were published in the September issue of Psychopharmacology.

Areas of increased brain activity are labeled in yellow, and areas of decreased brain activity are labeled in blue.
Areas of increased brain activity are labeled in yellow, and areas of decreased brain activity are labeled in blue.

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