How alcohol changes people
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First, alcohol affects mood and emotion. Alcohol intoxication is associated with increased emotional reactivity and selective attention toward emotional cues (Euser and Franken Second, cognitive reasoning is distorted in intoxicated people (Giancola et al. Regarding the second way, one robust cognitive effect of intoxication is decreased inhibition (Giancola et al. Third, alcohol affects behavior. For example, alcohol increases muscle relaxation (which usually makes intoxicated people more relaxed) and disinhibition (which can make people more confident and talkative) (Bodnár et al. 