{"id":1473,"date":"2012-04-02T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T15:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1473"},"modified":"2012-04-02T15:10:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T15:10:34","slug":"beer-goggles-mystery-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/beer-goggles-mystery-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer goggles mystery explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most people have woken up after a heavy night out and done something they regretted involving the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>Frequently they will use the excuse that they had their beer goggles on and it seems that this might actually be true.<\/p>\n<p>Research by Roehampton University has found that alcohol reduces people's ability to assess facial symmetry, which is an important factor in assessing attractiveness and points to good genes.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Lewis Halsey, who led the study, noted the effects seem to increase as more drink is taken.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What we have shown is that people's ability to detect symmetry is part of the explanation for the beer goggles effect,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>It means men and women could have a get out of jail card the next time they behave in an embarrassing manner after a night on the tiles, as it seems they can actually explain their behaviour away by blaming it on drinking too much.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Trevor Smith<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801331821-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801331821\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study has found that alcohol reduces people&rsquo;s ability to recognise facial symmetry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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