Sense of agency, the feeling of being in control of our actions, can be compromised by one pint of beer or a large glass of wine, according to a new paper.
The study focused on low doses of alcohol, typically consumed during social drinking, that are not considered to produce a large impairment of behavior, unlike the well-established loss of inhibitory control produced by obvious drunkenness, perhaps manifested by impulsivity, aggression, and risky behavior.
Dr. Silvana De Pirro, lead author of the research paper and neutoscientist at the University of Sussex, said, “Measuring a person’s…
Researchers from the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of Seville have studied the archaeological evidence of prehistoric societies in the Neolithic Period in the Iberian Peninsula from the perspective of gender and show in a new paper that gender differences first appeared which meant male domination in later periods of history.
They analysed two groups of indicators: life conditions and demographic aspects; and funerary practices. In the first group, they studied factors like the sexual ratio (proportion of men to women), diet, genetic data, movement, the most…