Jun 29, 2015

Why People Really Do Look Better After Alcohol

Have you ever woken up to a strange face after a night out at the clubs? Or have you ever realised that people in a club tend to let the guard down and hook up with just anyone as the barmen announce its closing time? Don’t be too hard on yourself on Monday if you were caught up in such a scenario as there may be a scientific explanation to this.

But first, lets rewind.
It’s Friday, everyone in the office including your narcissistic boss seems to have found better engagement away from the work place.
Ann, the tea girl has been left behind to clean up. She’s been nagging you for weeks to uphold your reputation as a generous man and throw her a few drinks.
As a man worth his salt you hesitantly tag her along convinced it’s your corporate social responsibility activity for the month.  You seek solace in the nearest pub to usher in the weekend; thankfully there are no prying eyes from the office to pass judgment.
Waking up to neck pain and strange weight on your chest, memory lapses prompt you to quickly inspect what the “cat” dragged home at night.
“Come back to bed sweery! Why are you up so early?” She asks adamantly. To adopt pet names, you must have really bonded. How did you get there? Not only do you find her unappealing, you’ve never held a conversation.
Can we blame it on the alcohol?
Apparently, YES!  Alcohol may have had everything to do with it.

Scientists on Beer Goggles

According to research by published by , “beer goggles” – where one sees another person as more attractive than they would ordinarily – are a real thing!
And interestingly, people who have imbibed on alcohol, the study suggests, found others of all sexes attractive.
This is after scientists in England gave 84 heterosexual college students chilled lime-flavored drinks that were either non-alcoholic or given a dose of vodka equivalent in alcohol to a large glass of wine or a pint-and-a-half of beer.
After 15 minutes, the volunteers were shown photos of 40 other college students from both sexes.
Both men and women who drank booze found these faces more attractive, “a roughly 10 percent increase in ratings of attractiveness,” said Marcus Munafo, an experimental psychologist at the University of Bristol in England.
found that “… men and women who have consumed a moderate amount of alcohol find the faces of members of the opposite sex 25% more attractive than their sober counterparts.” 
The underlying theory in these research works is that alcohol makes human being lose symmetry which means that if a human body was split down the vertical center, humans typically find people more attractive the closer each side of the individual is to being a mirror of the other.
Sober people are more inclined to be attracted to people with symmetry as opposed to intoxicated ones.