'Beer goggles' aren't real

Question

Alcohol doesn't make someone seem more attractive to the consumer, but increases the likelihood of them approaching someone they already find attractive.

Comments

This claim appears to be true. The guardian is a secure, trusted article. The information presented also makes sense but was backed up by a study. The beer goggles may not be real, but the alcohol itself makes people more confident to talk to those they find attractive. So its the social aspect rather than the blending together of physical attractiveness.

Answer 1

This claim from the Guardian article is true. Research from ScienceAlert, another credible organization, found that  alcohol doesn’t actually make others seem more attractive; however, it can boost people's confidence to approach someone they already find to be good-looking. In the study cited in the article, 36 male participants in their twenties engaged in two drinking sessions—one with alcoholic cocktails and another with mocktails. They rated the attractiveness of strangers in photos and videos, with the added context that these individuals might participate in a future study, making the evaluation more realistic. Each participant paired with a regular drinking buddy to recreate a real social drinking setting. The participants then rated the attractiveness of 16 different people during each of the two visits on a scale from 1 to 10, after consuming enough alcohol to reach a BAC of 0.08%. After rating the attractiveness of strangers, the men were asked to choose four people they would most like talk in future experiments. Analysis of the data revealed no correlation between the participants' perceptions of attractiveness and their level of intoxication. Thus, it can be said that alcohol doesn't make someone appear more attractive; it's more of a way to give its drinker a bit of "liquid-courage". 

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Your answer to the claim makes the claim really true which I have investigated myself. With your evidence that you have given us, I would expand why these sources are credible and what makes them credible. You can add their expertise on the claim and where they got their information and what is their title in this claim. I would also included the links to the sources you have used so people can investigate on their own to make your claim credible. Why did you use ScienceAlert for their research? You did a great job on expanding on the research that they did and what the participants had to do for this research for the organization to make their claim.

Answer 2

This claim is true. The original source for the information linked in the original Guardian article is the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, and both authors of the study have respective PHD's in Psychology, and medicine leading me to trust the validity of the study. The study notes how there was no correlation between attractiveness ratings and blood alcohol content, but there is however a correlation between the attractiveness of individuals subjects would choose to approach and BAC. Subjects with a higher BAC choose a more attractive person (according to their own ratings) to approach than subjects without alcohol on average, meaning there isn't a difference in perceived attractiveness while intoxicated, but there is a difference in confidence when approaching others romantically while under the influence of alcohol.

Reference to the study: https://www.jsad.com/doi/epdf/10.15288/jsad.22-00355?role=tab

Answer 3

The claim that alcohol does not make someone appear more attractive is true. According to the Journal of Studies of Alcohol and Drugs, alcohol does not change your perception on someone's appearance, but instead increase the likelihood of someone approaching someone else while being under the influence. Often referred to as "liquid courage", there is a sense of an increase of confidence when under the influence, which allows for someone to put themselves in situations that their sober selves wouldn't typically be in. In one of the studies they ran, they had pairs of men were put in two different scenarios, one with alcohol and one without. In both scenarios, the men did not find the women more or less attractive after drinking, but there was a change in how much they interacted with people. They found that alcohol breaks down the introverted wall we have up, and allows for people to be more social. 

Source:

https://www.jsad.com/do/10.15288/jsad-FT.08.30.2023-23/full/

Answer 4

This claim is true. The term "beer goggles" is just a phrase someone made up. Alcohol doesn't make someone more attractive but what it can do according to the NIH and a mental health study is: make you feel relaxed, more confident, and slow down how your brain process information. all of these things can make it easier to talk to someone you find attractive. at the end of the day there drinking alcohol doesn't change they way someone looks, it just makes you feel good enough to talk to them. 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10052738/

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics/alcohol-and-mental-health