Scientists prove beer goggles do exist

[Jazzy]

Scientists at Bristol University say they have proved that 'beer goggles' really do exist.

Researchers at the university's Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group conducted laboratory tests to gauge whether alcohol changed people's perceptions of what is attractive.

Volunteers drank either an alcoholic or non-alcoholic placebo drink and were then shown images of 20 male faces, 20 female faces and 20 landscapes.

Researchers said attractiveness ratings were higher for all three image types among the alcohol group compared to the placebo group.

The study leaders said this confirmed the beer goggle hypthesis which claims that people become more attractive to the opposite sex after a few drinks.

Now the Bristol team has extended the research into the more realistic setting of a pub.

It is conducting tests over four nights at three pubs in Bristol, the Green Man, the Portcullis and the Victoria.

Researcher Olivia Maynard said: "It's a bit of fun, but there is a serious message.

"If alcohol does change perceptions of attractiveness then that could be a factor in the kind of risky behaviour you see when people are drunk, such as unprotected sex."

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So, I guess the more you drink, people look more and more attractive.

What do you think of this?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

While it may be true for some, I still have self control when I am drunk.

 

[DrLeftover]

Or they could have listened to an old song....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc2ekrgM7Do