And according to another recent study
a moderate wine intake causes an increase in your cognitive abilities, while being teetotal can lower them.

www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/18/booze_makes_you_clever/

Boston University Medical Centre in the USA replied to the study to say:
"The results of this study support findings from previous research on the topic: In the last three decades, the association between moderate alcohol intake and cognitive function has been investigated in 68 studies comprising 145,308 men and women from various populations with various drinking patterns. Most studies show an association between light to moderate alcohol consumption and better cognitive function and reduced risk of dementia, including both vascular dementia and Alzheimer's Disease."

My own study, comparing levels of drunkenness with pool and quiz scores, showed the same effect- booze is good to a point.

I still don't drink and drive, though. Seems like a very good way of losing your license.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 8:59, 1 reply)

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What this means is you know a little quicker that you're about to ram into a packed bus stop, but as it takes you 3 x as long to get your foot onto the brake pedal, it hasn't really helped.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Mon 23 Aug 2010, 12:40, closed)