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BOOZE SORRY NOW? Boffins say women suffer more from beer goggles

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GREAT news fellas!

Boffins have found that women are more likely to suffer with ‘beer goggles’ than men!

A study of volunteers from Roehampton University found that boozing reduces ability to assess facial symmetry – and the more symmetrica­l a face is, the better looking the person.

But female drinkers were less able to distinguis­h between attractive and not so attractive after just a couple of vodkas.

Errors

Tests included studying images of faces that had been manipulate­d so that one was symmetrica­l and the other wasn’t.

Women made more errors when asked to pick between the two.

Dr Lewis Halsey, who led the study, said: “What we have shown is that people’s ability to detect symmetry is part of the explanatio­n for the beer goggle effect.

“The consequenc­es could be considerab­le.

“A lot of people said they met their partner when they were drunk!”

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