Clever People Are Less Likely To Get Hangovers
A study suggests that smart people are less likely to experience headache, nausea, dry mouth and sensitivity to light and sound after a heavy night out.
In a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Scottish scientists examined IQ test scores of 11-year-olds taken in Aberdeen in 1962 and sent questionnaires to them between 2000 and 2003.
Responses from more than 7000 showed a higher IQ score at 11 years of age was related to a reduced risk of alcohol-induced hangovers during middle age.
The researchers believe that those with high IQ scores suffer fewer hangovers because they respond better to advice not to over drink.
Source : Batty GD et al “Low childhood IQ and life course socio-economic disadvantage as predictors of alcohol hangover in adulthood: the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s Study” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (Oct 2006) 60:872-874
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