Binge-drinkers’ brains have to work harder to feel empathy for others
Too much alcohol changes brain function. For example, those who drink too much alcohol on a regular basis lose compassion for other people. British researchers have now found this out. They showed coma drinkers pictures of people in pain. The test subjects were sober at the time of the experiment. The test subjects lay in an MRI, which simultaneously took pictures of their brains. As a …
Alcoholics have an overactive reward system – and therefore become dependent
How strongly the brain’s reward system responds to alcohol is not the same for everyone …
Addiction clinics: a mega-billion business
In seven years, clinics for addictive disorders and psychiatry will have a worldwide turnover of …
Scientific breakthrough: How alcohol causes anxiety and panic
People who drink too much alcohol on a permanent basis tend to have anxiety and …
