Do "beer goggles" really exist?

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Yes.

“The reasons behind this phenomenon have to do with alcohol stimulating the nucleus accumbens, aka “the part of the brain which is used to determine facial attractiveness.” In the 2002 study, male and female students were shown pictures of members of the opposite sex and asked to rate them on a scale of 1-7 (sounds cruel, we know). The more students drank, the higher they rated the photographs.” from: ask.yahoo.com – do “beer goggles” really exist?

At least it works for both sexes 😉

8 thoughts on “Do "beer goggles" really exist?”

  2. Damn! I lose out AGAIN!

    I tell you, life just ain’t fair!

    Actually, I’ve never had a beer-goggle problem either, having only two states of drunkeness:

    1) happy drunk with full-awareness

    2) inability to walk + inability to see

  3. I did notice yesterday that already beautiful girls become even more beautiful (pity she is taken, and most certainly not interested in me, anyway), but never had a problem with ugly girls…

  4. Everyone is beautiful.

    If a stunner walks into a bar and everyone is already tanked, there tends to be much less restraint with the "perve".

    Sober, guys will glance up and maybe flick the head to get their mates to inspect as well. Perhaps accompanied by a quiet "phooar!"

    Drunk and it becomes a mass of turning heads, guys clambering over chairs, eyeballs extending out of heads and beer spillage. Cries of "Damn!" and "How fscking hot is she?!?!" echo through neighboring suburbs..

    That might just be me though 😉

  5. I didn’t read the details, but you know sometimes the more you look at someone, the more you like how they look? When you first meet them, you don’t think much, but after a few hours, you’re besotted?

    So I wonder if the students were drinking more and then looking at the photos again, or whether some people were given 1 drink and asked to rate, and another group given 4 drinks and asked to rate, or what.

    Hey, I had a sex change, according to my beer mile results – I hope they fix it:

    http://www.beermile.com/dis…

  6. I’ve found that can happen when sober too. On a not-really-related note, I don’t think I’ve ever used the word "besotted".

    How are those balls working out for you? Get in the way don’t they?? Now you know why guys have to re-adjust themselves all the time! 😛

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