7 months ago 05th Apr 12:06
Teenagers that binge drink are still at risk of loss of memory days later.
There is evidence that excess alcohol and binge drinking in particular damages parts of the brain.
Binge drinking is already known to affect people's memories of past events.
In this study, the scientists looked at students aged 17 to 19 - a period when the brain is still developing.
Binge drinking was defined as at least eight units a session for a man and six for a woman once or twice a week.
The researchers said the binge drinkers studied consumed, on average, 30 units in just two sessions.
The teenagers were tested three or four days after their last drinking session, so that their bodies would be free of alcohol.
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by Pat - 18:57:49 16th Apr 2008
What I would like to know is if extraneous variables were taken into account. How do the researchers know that the children didnt already have a poor ... READ MORE