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Archive for the ‘ethanol’ Category

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NCBI ROFL: Superbowl special: 5 funny football-related studies!

1. Sports fans who tailgate are more likely to get drunk.
 ”Our findings suggest that a significant number of attendees at professional sporting events may have elevated BAC levels, particularly young adults and those who participated in tailgating activities. ”

2. Sport fan identification in obituaries.
“To assess whether sport involvement, particularly as a fan, is central enough to one’s self-concept to be mentioned in obituary content, it was hypothesized that a greater proportion of men’s obituaries than women’s would mention the deceased individual’s sport fan identification.”
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February 6th, 2012 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, NCBI ROFL, playing with balls | 1 Comment | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: Naturalistic observations of beer drinking among college students.

“We observed the beer drinking behavior of 308 university students in several bar and party settings. The following relationships were found: (more…)

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January 5th, 2012 by ncbi rofl in duh, ethanol, NCBI ROFL, ridiculous titles | 2 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: On why I drink so much.

Alcohol selectively impairs negative self-relevant associations in young drinkers.

“The stress-dampening effects of alcohol have been attributed to ‘appraisal disruption’- decreased ability of stimuli to evoke threatening associations in memory. Appraisal disruption could apply to oneself as well as situational stimuli. This question was investigated in undergraduate drinkers (n = 90/Gender) with low or high anxiety sensitivity (AS; n = 90/AS Group), a trait linked with hyper-vigilance to threat. Subjects received alcohol (0.7 g/kg males; 0.63 g/kg females), placebo or soft drink and performed a speech about their appearance. (more…)

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October 20th, 2011 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, NCBI ROFL, science or human rights violation? | No comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: Beer goggles explained!

It’s booze week on NCBI ROFL! All this week we’ll be featuring articles about ethanol, ethyl alcohol, and even CH3CH2OH. Enjoy!

An explanation for enhanced perceptions of attractiveness after alcohol consumption.

“Acute alcohol consumption increases ratings of attractiveness to faces. This may help to explain increased frequencies of sexual encounters during periods of alcohol intoxication. At least in part, such increased attraction may be the result of alcohol consumption decreasing ability to detect bilateral asymmetry, presumably because of the reductions in the levels of visual function. We tested the hypotheses that acute alcohol consumption decreases ability to detect asymmetry in faces and reduces preference for symmetrical faces over asymmetrical faces. (more…)

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August 12th, 2011 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, NCBI ROFL, penis friday | 4 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: Dear Lord, please give me a drink.

It’s booze week on NCBI ROFL! All this week we’ll be featuring articles about ethanol, ethyl alcohol, and even CH3CH2OH. Enjoy!

Invocations and intoxication: does prayer decrease alcohol consumption?

“Four methodologically diverse studies (N = 1,758) show that prayer frequency and alcohol consumption are negatively related. (more…)

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August 11th, 2011 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, holy correlation, NCBI ROFL | 2 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: The Big, the Bad, and the Boozed-Up.

It’s booze week on NCBI ROFL! All this week we’ll be featuring articles about ethanol, ethyl alcohol, and even CH3CH2OH. Enjoy!

The Big, the Bad, and the Boozed-Up: Weight Moderates the Effect of Alcohol on Aggression.

“Most people avoid the “big, drunk guy” in bars because they don’t want to get assaulted. Is this stereotype supported by empirical evidence? Unfortunately, no scientific work has investigated this topic. (more…)

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August 10th, 2011 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, holy correlation batman!, NCBI ROFL | No comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: The “Fan Can”: innocent football fan fun, or menace to sober society?

It’s booze week on NCBI ROFL! All this week we’ll be featuring articles about ethanol, ethyl alcohol, and even CH3CH2OH. Enjoy!

The Color of Safety: Ingroup Associated Colors make Beer Safer.

“Individuals display high levels of trust and express feelings of safety when interacting with social ingroup members. Here, we investigated whether cues related to ingroup membership would change perceptions of the safety of alcohol. Participants were exposed to images of beer in either a standard can or a can featuring the colors of their university (i.e., ‘fan cans’). (more…)

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August 9th, 2011 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, NCBI ROFL | No comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: Want to cure your malaria? Get wasted!

It’s booze week on NCBI ROFL! All this week we’ll be featuring articles about ethanol, ethyl alcohol, and even CH3CH2OH. Enjoy!

Effect of alcohol on growth of Plasmodium falciparum.

“The effect of ethanol on the in vitro growth of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum was investigated. (more…)

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August 8th, 2011 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, NCBI ROFL | 5 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: The effects of acute ethanol consumption on sexual response and sexual risk-taking intent.

“Two theories of sexual risk taking (disinhibition and alcohol myopia) were tested using genital measures of sexual response and computer measures of sexual risk propensity. A total of 44 men and women completed two sessions comparing responses to erotic films while consuming alcohol (breath alcohol doses were .025 g/kg and .08 g/kg) or juice alone. (more…)

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July 29th, 2011 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, NCBI ROFL, penis friday | 1 Comment | RSS feed | Trackback >

NCBI ROFL: What? I can’t get drunk from soaking my feet in vodka? :(

Testing the validity of the Danish urban myth that alcohol can be absorbed through feet: open labelled self experimental study

“Objective: To determine the validity of the Danish urban myth that it is possible to get drunk by submerging feet in alcohol… The primary end point was the concentration of plasma ethanol (detection limit 2.2 mmol/L (10 mg/100 mL)), measured every 30 minutes for three hours while feet were submerged in a washing-up bowl containing the contents of three 700 mL bottles of vodka. (more…)

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May 4th, 2011 by ncbi rofl in ethanol, NCBI ROFL | 4 Comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

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