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Reasonably Sound
English - May 06, 2016 20:25 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 258 ratingsSociety & Culture audio sound sound studies music cultural studies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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
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
CLUMSINESS:
http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/clumsy-people-rejoice-theres-scientific-reason-youre-klutz/1047848/
http://www.bustle.com/articles/84286-what-causes-clumsiness-and-can-it-be-cured-what-science-knows-about-people-who-always-be
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