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Cause behind 'beer goggles' debunked by scientists
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
But the study, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, found that while alcohol did impair face symmetry detection, it did not influence judgments of attractiveness.
"One possible explanation for the effect is that alcohol impairs the drinker's ability to detect facial asymmetry, thus making potential partners more visually appealing.
"There are a range of possible reasons why alcohol drinkers are more inclined to engage in sex, including a lack of inhibition, heightened expectations, personality traits, and the beer goggles effect.
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He said: "We don't deny the existence of a 'beer goggles' effect but we suspect it would be more easily detectable when using live models for an experiment, instead of static photographs.
"Images conceal a range of important visual criteria for attractiveness, including build, body shape, height, expression, and clothing.
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