Why Might Someone Experience Weaker Effects from Alcohol with a Full

question 95

Multiple Choice

Why might someone experience weaker effects from alcohol with a full stomach?

• A) People consume less alcohol on a full stomach than on an empty stomach.
• B) Alcohol soaks into food in the stomach, preventing alcohol absorption.
• C) There is longer exposure to alcohol dehydregenase enzymes.
• D) Thiamine in food prevents the transportation of alcohol through intestinal walls.

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Definitions:

Visual Sensation

The process of the eyes detecting light and converting it into neural signals that are interpreted by the brain to form visual perception.

Visual Perception

The process by which the brain interprets and makes sense of visual stimuli or images seen by the eyes.

Retinal Disparity

A binocular cue for perceiving depth: By comparing images from the retinas in the two eyes, the brain computes distance—the greater the disparity (difference) between the two images, the closer the object.

Sensation

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.