Cover image by keiichiro shikano on flickr
A quick rumination on why people slur their speech when they’re drunk, and a little thinking on what it means to slur, and its place in popular culture.
Music by Will Stratton
Visual Branding by Tida Tep
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SOURCES
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201505/why-do-drunk-people-stumble-fumble-and-slur-their-words
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataxia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebellum
- https://kin450-neurophysiology.wikispaces.com/Alcohol+%26+Cerebellum
- http://www.bloodalcohol.info/how-alcohol-affects-the-brain.php
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-Aminobutyric_acid
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebellum_granule_cell
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