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Date Posted: 13:35:14 08/19/02 Mon
Author: BP
Subject: Scientific evidence that it is still possible for X-Band to lose his V-chip

They Needed a Study for This?
Mon Aug 19, 8:04 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Want to be more attractive? Make sure those around you are having a drink.

British scientists have found even modest amounts of alcohol will make the opposite sex appear better-looking.

"We have carried out experiments which show that what is known in the trade as the 'beer-goggle effect' does actually exist," Barry Jones, professor of psychology at Glasgow University, told Reuters Monday.

The study of 120 male and female students found drinking up to four units of alcohol -- about two pints of beer or four glasses of wine -- increased the perceived attractiveness of members of the opposite sex by about 25 percent.

Jones said alcohol apparently stimulates a part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens, which judges facial attractiveness.

"There is a strong link between facial attractiveness and signals about the quality of a potential mate," Jones said.

The professor said the study had been prompted by the causal link between risky sex and alcohol consumption.

Its findings come at a time when young Britons are increasingly binge drinking, which has serious health risks.

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[> I did a similar study a long time ago. I found that when a chick looks at me and immediately vomits when she hasn't been drinking, it has to be that I make her sick. When a chick looks at me and immediately vomits when she has been drinking, at least I can blame the alcohol. Wait a minute, that study's not the same at all. Oh well. -- Homeskillet, 14:52:47 08/19/02 Mon

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[> You could only do that kind of a survey in England - they tried to do such a survey in France, but either they surrendered or developed a tolerance for wine. -- X-band '01, 15:51:06 08/19/02 Mon

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[> [> OK, I take it back. X-band is taking that V-chip to his grave. With wit like this, the Muskies will win back to back championships before he ever pokes the bearded lady in the nose. -- BP, 17:09:00 08/19/02 Mon

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