How Alcohol Can Affect Your Memory
Alcohol has been known to influence our mind and memory. Can we really forget something that has happened when we are under the influence of alcohol? How does it alter our brain? Alcohol can actually alter our memory in surprising ways.
How Memory Works
Our memory works on three different layers: encoding, retrieval, and storage. Encoding is when we give our attention to something, take note of it, and recover it from storage after. So when we’re distracted or we don’t pay attention, we won’t possibly record it.
Encoding: Not Always So Easy
Drinking interferes with how our brains “encode.” Our motor function becomes slow and we feel more relaxed, social, impulsive, and emotional. Basically, our general brain functioning declines.
The Dreadful Hangover
Alcohol affects how our brain encodes memories, which is why memory gaps happen and we then find it hard to retrieve and remember memories. You can’t also recover those memories once the alcohol has worn off.
Breaking Through The Barrier
But drinking doesn’t mean we forget everything that has happened since memory loss can be partial or complete. The right cues can help retrieve memories and if something important, traumatic, or interesting happens, you can still remember it because you were taking note of it since you paid attention.
A Toast To Happy Memories!
Things are basically difficult to remember when you take in alcohol but when exciting and awful things happen, it can leave a lasting imprint regardless of the level of intoxication. Let us be responsible drinkers and hope that there would be more good and happy memories!
The Wisdom Segment
- I Noah’s son Ham found him drunk and naked in his tent but he couldn’t do anything about it. The only thing he did was to call his brothers to come see their father naked. When Sham and Japheth came, they found their father naked. But all they did was to close their eyes and cover their eyes and cover their father.
- II The cubit type of measurement is not a standard measurement method and could make the result vary in most cases. It ranges between 22 and 15 inches, so the ark’s exact dimension could vary. The cubit isn’t an accurate method of measurement.
- III Italy was under the rule of Dictator Benito Mussolini during the 1940’s. During this period, most Gucci products were made with using silk because leather was very difficult to acquire. This time was the fascist regime.
- IV Gucci was almost a thing of the past in 1980 when they almost go bankrupt after scandalous stories hit the press. But everything was right again after a while, and the brand got back to normal.
- V Tom Ford was appointed the position of Creative Director at Gucci in 1994 in an attempt to bring out some positive change. Tom’s appointment was to move the brand forward with his exposure to the social life.
- VI During Tom’s time as the Director of Gucci, he was the largest shareholder. Gucci recorded an increase of 90% in sales during Tom’s time as the Director. Gucci was worth about 4 million dollars within 5 years and they remain the most recognized luxury brand.
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