How does alcohol cause blackouts? - Shannon Odell
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Alcohol has been shown to have strange and selective effects on the brain. Many intoxicated people can perform complex tasks like holding a detailed conversation or navigating a walk home. Yet for those experiencing a blackout, the memory of these events is quickly forgotten. So, how does alcohol cause these memory lapses? Shannon Odell explores how ethanol interrupts the brain’s processes.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Shannon Odell
- Director
- Anton Bogaty
- Narrator
- Pen-Pen Chen
- Music
- Jarrett Farkas
- Sound Designer and Mixer
- Weston Fonger
