There are many ways in which alcohol can affect a young persons brain. At this day in age, many young adults/high school students experience the effects of alcohol but many don’t realize what goes on in the brain. A creation of a virtual reality app showing how alcohol affects the brain would help many young adults get a better understanding on this subject. This app would be targeted towards young adults, their parents, or even teachers and counselors who can reach out to individuals if they believe this app would be of any interest or help to them. In this app, the individual will get to see themselves in a sober setting and experience what that is like, and then move towards a not so sober experience. To begin with, they will be able to pick a character (male or female). This character would carry on daily tasks as a sober person, while later on, those tasks will be performed in a more difficult setting. As that setting occurs, the young adult will be able to go through the brain and see what occurs. While inside of the brain, they will be able to study specific parts of the brain and read about why or how that part of the brain is affected. Things such as brain cells dying off, or certain parts of the brain that may become damaged. The purpose of this is to show that once brain cells die, they cannot be brought back. Once a certain part of the brain is damaged, it may not become fully repaired. The app would increase on level of difficulty. Doing tasks while the screen shows a “wobbly” setting will become much more difficult. The individual will get to experience what it’s like performing every day tasks while being “drunk”. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the symptoms one may face from drinking alcohol would be difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slowed reaction time and even impaired memory. The app would depict all of those symptoms through the screen. This app would be very important to high school students or even students younger than that so they know beforehand what can happen when alcohol is consumed at a young age when the brain is not yet fully developed.
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I really like the idea of gearing this to students because it might reduce the number of people drinking. One thing that you might want to consider adding is something like a level all about the decision process of alcohol on the brain. One thing you might want to add is some statistics of alcohol relate deaths and things like that.
1. I like this idea because it relates back to mine a little, the only difference is mine is the entire outer appearance of alcohol on the body.
2. You should add how daily actions are deterred due to alcohol.
3. Statistics would be nice or a personal experience if one is available.
Alcohol use is an issue in this age group, and further education is necessary. However, I would like to see more evidence of research here. What are the effects of alcohol use on the brain? What are the statistics on teenage alcohol abuse? How do these habits impact everyday life?