Duffy's is full of free volunteers for this.
Aug 3, 2015 21:23:08 GMT -6
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Post by Charles1952 on Aug 3, 2015 21:23:08 GMT -6
At various points in my life, friends have brought up that wonderful invention "Beer goggles." My thought is that anything that increases the amount of beauty in the world is a good thing, and my friends assure me that beer goggles increase the beauty of people (especially women) enormously.
But beyond a vague recognition of the fact that beer goggles exist, and that they do indeed seem to perform as advertised, there's not a lot known about at the scientific level. Of course, no one who has ever experienced beer goggles doesn't give a nickel about the scientific side of beer goggles, they know that they work, and that's enough for them. My computer and I have a similar relationship. Someone mentioned HTML in a PM and I was instantly lost. But enough about me.
I would think that if we wanted to know more about beer goggles, we would line up a few female volunteers of differing appearance, feed beer to volunteers (Wherever would we find volunteers?), and note when each particular woman in line was judged "Smokin' hot" by the male (inebriated) volunteers. Cost of all this? I don't know, what's a couple of kegs cost?
Not surprisingly (sadly), our government has a better idea.
It must be imported beer to cost that much. By the way, I can pretty much tell them what happens to the eye movements of drunk young men. "Random" is the first word that comes to mind. When they get around to studying Female-initiated sexual aggression toward male acquaintances, let me know, I'll do my duty to science, however painful it may be.
I haven't even had my first beer and my eyes are starting to make random movements. Who writes like this? Oh, Teresa A. Treat. File this under Most Inappropriate Names Ever. Oh, well, at least I have a great new pick-up line. "Hey, babe, can I explore your attractiveness dimensions?"
May I use, the ugly word "Duh!" here? Besides not understanding what, exactly, men are losing, the study should also note that drunk males aged 21-25 lose their sensitivity to stupid jokes, disorderly conduct ordinances, balance, gravity, the floor, and consciousness.
I think I can help her out there, too. Alcohol does affect men's learning about absolutely everything, including how tough they are compared to the Hell's Angel that just walked in. Half a million dollars to learn that drunk men aged 21-25 are completely out of it. Come to think of it, this is an important field for scientific research and we should put lots more money into it.
Whether I feel the same way when I sober up is another question.
Excuse me, I could use another beer. A translational goal? Are they planning on conducting the study in Urdu? They might as well for all the sense this study makes. No one will know the difference.
EDIT: Not only did I get the last two paragraphs out of order, but I forgot the source.
freebeacon.com/issues/feds-spend-222172-studying-how-men-look-at-women-when-they-drink/
But beyond a vague recognition of the fact that beer goggles exist, and that they do indeed seem to perform as advertised, there's not a lot known about at the scientific level. Of course, no one who has ever experienced beer goggles doesn't give a nickel about the scientific side of beer goggles, they know that they work, and that's enough for them. My computer and I have a similar relationship. Someone mentioned HTML in a PM and I was instantly lost. But enough about me.
I would think that if we wanted to know more about beer goggles, we would line up a few female volunteers of differing appearance, feed beer to volunteers (Wherever would we find volunteers?), and note when each particular woman in line was judged "Smokin' hot" by the male (inebriated) volunteers. Cost of all this? I don't know, what's a couple of kegs cost?
Not surprisingly (sadly), our government has a better idea.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is spending over $200,000 to study how men drinking alcohol look at women.
In an effort to limit “male-initiated sexual aggression toward female acquaintances,” researchers at the University of Iowa will analyze the actual eye movements of young men when they are drunk and sober.
In an effort to limit “male-initiated sexual aggression toward female acquaintances,” researchers at the University of Iowa will analyze the actual eye movements of young men when they are drunk and sober.
It must be imported beer to cost that much. By the way, I can pretty much tell them what happens to the eye movements of drunk young men. "Random" is the first word that comes to mind. When they get around to studying Female-initiated sexual aggression toward male acquaintances, let me know, I'll do my duty to science, however painful it may be.
“While their eye movements are monitored, participants will view 200 unique scenes that depict a woman who varies along sexual interest, provocativeness-of-dress, and attractiveness dimensions in a background context that varies in sexual relevance,” according to a grant for the project. “Participants will judge the woman’s sexual interest after viewing each scene.”
I haven't even had my first beer and my eyes are starting to make random movements. Who writes like this? Oh, Teresa A. Treat. File this under Most Inappropriate Names Ever. Oh, well, at least I have a great new pick-up line. "Hey, babe, can I explore your attractiveness dimensions?"
The project theorizes that men lose their “sensitivity to women’s sexual interest” as they drink. The study also will explore whether males aged 21 to 25 years old have “rape supportive attitudes.”
May I use, the ugly word "Duh!" here? Besides not understanding what, exactly, men are losing, the study should also note that drunk males aged 21-25 lose their sensitivity to stupid jokes, disorderly conduct ordinances, balance, gravity, the floor, and consciousness.
The study began in May and has received $222,172 thus far. The budget for the project will not expire until April 2016. . . . Treat also received $221,494 from the NIH last year to study how alcohol affects men’s “learning about women’s cues.”
I think I can help her out there, too. Alcohol does affect men's learning about absolutely everything, including how tough they are compared to the Hell's Angel that just walked in. Half a million dollars to learn that drunk men aged 21-25 are completely out of it. Come to think of it, this is an important field for scientific research and we should put lots more money into it.
Whether I feel the same way when I sober up is another question.
“The explicit translational goal of the project is to leverage theories and methods from basic cognitive and vision science to advance understanding of the effect of alcohol consumption on men’s perceptions of women,” the grant continued. “The present project will lay the groundwork for the future development of cognitive-training strategies that target the precise visual-attention patterns generating individul [sic] differences in sexual- interest judgments and consumption-related reductions in men’s sensitivity.”
Excuse me, I could use another beer. A translational goal? Are they planning on conducting the study in Urdu? They might as well for all the sense this study makes. No one will know the difference.
EDIT: Not only did I get the last two paragraphs out of order, but I forgot the source.
freebeacon.com/issues/feds-spend-222172-studying-how-men-look-at-women-when-they-drink/
OK,,,,,
Yes you've had enough to drink now!
