How hangovers REALLY impair your brain: Study in an Irish pub reveals adults have worse memory, slower reaction times and are less alert if they were drunk the day before

How hangovers REALLY impair your brain: Study in an Irish pub reveals adults have worse memory, slower reaction times and are less alert if they were drunk the day before

Hangovers really do make you less alert, impair your memory and slow down your reaction times, scientists have confirmed. Until now, studies on hangovers have been restricted to just alcohol -fuelled students who drink regularly. But researchers wanted to examine how drinking the night before affects the mental capacity of the general population. So, in the name of science, dozens of participants getting drunk in a pub in the afternoon were asked to complete brain tests the next day. Researchers at the University of Ulster conducted the ‘naturalistic’ study in a pub in a town in Ireland that they did not name. Until now, studies on the effects of a hangover have been restricted to just alcohol-fuelled students who drink more frequently Until now, studies on the effects of a hangover have been restricted to just alcohol-fuelled students who drink more frequently They did, however, reveal it had a population of 6,839 in the 2011 Census – the same amount of people recorded living in Buncrana, County Donegal. The academics hung around in the unidentified pub from the time it opened – 10.30am – until 3pm to recruit 43 people to take part. Anyone generous enough to offer their services had to volunteer for the day because there was no financial incentive for them to take part. Before taking part in the study participants were screened in an office above the pub and disqualified if they had a head injury, were taking medication, were pregnant or had in the past been treated for drug or alcohol addiction. The NHS recommends that adults drink no more than 14 units each week — that’s 14 single shots of spirit or six pints of beer or a bottle and a half of wine The NHS recommends that adults drink no more than […]

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