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> Fritz Renner, Inge Kersbergen, Matt Field, and Jessica Werthmann, for showing that drinking alcohol sometimes improves a person’s ability to speak in a foreig
by usrnm 1y ago
> Fritz Renner, Inge Kersbergen, Matt Field, and Jessica Werthmann, for showing that drinking alcohol sometimes improves a person’s ability to speak in a foreign language.
I thought it was common knowledge?
- RickJWagner 1y agoOf course! It also makes you wittier, taller, and better looking. Everybody knows that.
- uncircle 1y agoNot only you, but also makes people of the opposite sex around you more attractive https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_goggles https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_goggles
- kijin 1y agoBut now you can put it on wikipedia and cite a proper double-blinded study!
- magneticnorth 1y agoLots of science is "common knowledge"! This is one of those things that I'm glad to see confirmed in a study.
- pointlessone 1y agoDoes this count as evidence for Ballmer Peak?
- Delk 1y agoI thought it was common knowledge that it makes you feel like you could speak a foreign language better. I don't think it's that obvious that the improvement would be objective or that others around you would feel the same way about you. (And of course there's a Ballmer peak in any case.)
- schiffern 1y agoAmusingly, the study found the exact opposite! Participants who consumed alcohol had significantly better observer-ratings for their Dutch language, specifically better pronunciation, compared with those who did not consume alcohol. However, alcohol had no effect on self-ratings of Dutch language skills. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269881117735687 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269881117735687