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Study: Beer Goggles Are Just a Myth

Beer Goggles

Beer Goggles

If you make a big mistake after a night out drinking, researchers say there’s nobody to blame but yourself.

FOX News Radio’s Chris Hoenig explains:

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Beer Goggles

Beer goggles are just a figment of your imagination.

(Homer Simpson) “Mmmm…beer.”

Researchers at Durham University in England say that alcohol does nothing in the brain to make people seem more attractive.  Rather, they say the area of the brain that controls desire is one of the last affected, but that booze does shut down the section that keeps us from acting on impulses – perhaps explaining those bad decisions.

French researchers said last year that a couple of drinks actually makes you think one person is better looking: yourself.

Chris Hoenig, FOX News Radio.