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"  If you haven&amp;#039;t experienced them yourself, then you&amp;#039;ve certainly seen their effects dramatized on TV or in a movie: beer goggles, the phenomena of a lowering of standards in a romantic partner while drunk. If you thought the only reason that ever happened was alcohol&amp;#039;s ability to lower inhibitions and impair judgment, think again. A recent study has found that might be only part of the equation. The other half? Our perception of facial symmetry. The study, which was published in the journal Alcohol (yes, it&amp;#039;s real and academic), was conducted by scientists from Rochampton University in England. The study questioned why heavy alcohol consumption increased levels of attraction in people. The scientists theorized that this could be due to impaired perception of bilateral asymmetry in faces. Whether or not we know it, we desire facial symmetry in romantic partners; it is seen as an indicator of good genes and health. In order to test their hypothesis, scientists asked both intoxicated and sober students which photo in a pair was more attractive and which was more symmetrical. They were shown twenty pairs. As they expected, the scientists found that the inebriated students were unable to detect symmetry as well as the sober students. The drunk young Brits did not consistently prefer the symmetrical faces to the asymmetrical faces, unlike the sober ones. The unexpected finding was that men made fewer mistakes than women when determining facial symmetry - even when under the influence of alcohol. Lewis Halsey, one of the study&amp;#039;s conductors, told Discovery News that this could be because men were more visually oriented than women and because &amp;quot;men tend to ogle more than women do.&amp;quot; Big scientific reveal there.  So the next time you find yourself eying that blond across the bar ask yourself, &amp;quot;symmetrical or asymmetrical?&amp;quot; before you send over a drink. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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