Alcohol's effects on ________ explain its ability to impair judgment.
A) dopamine
B) epinephrine
C) glutamate
D) endogenous opioids

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Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter that stimulates the brain's activity. Alcohol suppresses glutamate activity, which results in the slowing down of the brain's communication pathways. The impairment of judgment is a result of the slowdown of neural pathways in the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for decision-making and reasoning.

Alcohol's Effects on ________ Explain Its Ability to Impair Judgment