{"id":25737,"date":"2023-08-30T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mormonmediareviews.com\/?p=25737"},"modified":"2023-08-30T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:50:08","slug":"beer-goggles-study-slammed-as-nonsense-for-boozing-in-lab-not-wetherspoons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mormonmediareviews.com\/world-news\/beer-goggles-study-slammed-as-nonsense-for-boozing-in-lab-not-wetherspoons\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer goggles study slammed as nonsense for boozing in lab not Wetherspoons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Boffins are at war over whether beer goggles really exist. <\/p>\n<p> British behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings has blasted new US research which dismissed the idea folk become more attractive in drink. <\/p>\n<p> We previously revealed how brainboxes from Stanford University in California had tested the theory in laboratory conditions. <\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: &apos;Clairvoyants&apos; are actually &apos;AI experts exploiting tech to explore space and time&apos; <\/b><\/p>\n<p>They found while booze gave drinkers \u201cDutch courage\u201d to chat to sexy strangers, it did not make others seem better looking.<\/p>\n<p>The US team said alcohol only made people more likely to approach those they already found attractive.<\/p>\n<p>But Jo, a dating and relationship coach, dismissed the Yanks\u2019 research \u2013 published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs \u2013 as \u201cnonsense\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30827012.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Yuck-Face-Woman-Sticking-Out-Tongue-in-Disgust.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>She tweeted: \u201cYou can\u2019t test every theory in a lab controlled environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one would have been better conducted in a Wetherspoons on a Friday night!\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The US findings flew in the face of previous studies which suggested drinking could \u201clevel the playing field\u201d between hotties and grotties by boosting beauty in the eye of the bevvied beholder \u2013 an effect traditionally defined by the phrase \u201cbeer goggles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30826912.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Man-looking-through-beer-goggles.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30815101.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MBP_CHP_290823First-ever-alien-object-found-at-bottom-of-Pacific-Ocean-is-from-outside-our-solar-system_17309.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> First ever &apos;alien&apos; object found deep in ocean is from &apos;outside our solar system&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brits were as unimpressed as Jo by the findings online.<\/p>\n<p>One commented: \u201cI\u2019m 56, lived a full life to say the least and I\u2019m telling you, beer goggles exist.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \u201cFor anyone that has done a double take in the morning after \u2013 we can assure you beer goggles absolutely are a thing.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30826909.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Houston-Chronicle.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30806727.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MBP_CHP_280823Loch-Ness-Monster-hunters-excited-by-noises-in-lake-but-realise-recorder-was-not-plugged-in_17277.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Loch Ness Monster hunters hear noises but &apos;realise recorder was not plugged in&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cBeer goggles must exist. Otherwise, I\u2019d be single,\u2019\u2019 said someone else.<\/p>\n<p>One more said: \u201cAwe at how researchers managed to convince a grant committee to fund a bunch of students to get drunk and then try to get off with each other!<\/p>\n<p>&quot;A hidden camera in a student bar would have been cheaper, but less fun.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <i> <b> Keep up to date with all the latest news stories. 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