or not so much... I'm curious. Movents like walking, playing golf, or typing are learned in the medulum (I know that's not right) base of the brain and become routine... like I shift gears, w/o thought or consideration. It's just natual. If you practice something like a guitar, but are intoxicated by alcohol, do those connections forn? Or are they lost like the short-term memory that is affected by intoxication?

1/8/2006 11:18:33 PM

it's impossible to do anything while intoxicated

1/8/2006 11:24:26 PM

5 seconds of googling:

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"Another effect of alcohol on the brain is the "learned behavior syndrome"; when a behavior is learned under the influence of alcohol, the drinker sometimes must re-learn that behavior after stopping drinking."

1/8/2006 11:33:36 PM

Interesting, what did you google for, and how did you read the websites and select the one with the appropriate information in 5 seconds? THAT'S talent.

1/8/2006 11:37:43 PM

I googled "alcohol's effect on learned behaviors".

1/8/2006 11:40:46 PM

gg, better than I would have done.

1/8/2006 11:42:14 PM

Also I am somewhat magical.

1/8/2006 11:43:34 PM

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"Also I am somewhat magical."

[Edited on January 8, 2006 at 11:45 PM. Reason : i think i make that my status name]

1/8/2006 11:45:06 PM

that's what I told that girl, but the truth was... I was using those new Energizers, Mega Men Vitamins, and thinking "this is gonna get me a free place to stay, and access to good trout streams if I can only stay focused..."

1/8/2006 11:47:56 PM

if you learned something while under the influence of alcohol, you will be able to recall the skills better in the future while under the influence of alcohol. the same goes for weed. this is despite the fact that the substances will inhibit your brain functions in the first place.

also (thanks Scientific American Frontiers!) things transfer from the short-term memory to the long-term better when under stress. so if you learn something in a classroom then walk out into the cold, your body will remember the things you learned better in the future. this is a natural thing for the body so it remembers things that are important... like "don't piss on power lines" or "don't walk on thin ice", and is a good explaination as to why we remember very stressful events.

1/9/2006 12:36:14 AM

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"Movents like walking, playing golf, or typing are learned in the medulum (I know that's not right) base of the brain and become routine"

Medulla, and no. The cerebellum (located nearby) is involved in that, though.

1/9/2006 12:44:00 AM

yeah the medulla is for those non essential operations like

oh, breathing

1/9/2006 2:34:03 AM

that's why alligators are hornary.

1/9/2006 2:48:05 AM

peter griffin playing piano.

1/9/2006 3:50:36 AM

Cerebellum, thank you. That is where you form that pathways to automatically perfom functions w/o thinking, right?

1/9/2006 12:45:23 PM