According To Scientist Your Drunk Self Could Be Your “Real” Self
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 IST
Do you drink to let loose or gain more confidence? If so, you may be lying to yourself about the need to get inebriated to let your “true self” shine. According to a study published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, our drunk selves are actually our closer to our real selves than most of us would care to admit.
The research showed that alcohol doesn’t really have the power to change your personality. Rather, you are pretty much the same person when you’re drunk as when you’re sober – despite how hard that is to believe. For the study, researchers at the University of Missouri and Purdue University studied the personalities of 156 people while drinking and while sober. The goal was to determine whether or not “drunk personalities” were actually real.
Half of the participants were given alcohol and then brought in some sober friends to play games with. Afterward, both the drinkers and their friends filled out surveys about personality changes. The drinkers assumed they were acting much differently, but their sober friends didn’t report the same.
According to University of Missouri social psychologist Rachel Winograd, the notable “personality shift” is actually a result of feeling more extroverted.
“We were surprised to find such a discrepancy between drinkers’ perceptions of their own alcohol-induced personalities and how observers perceived them,” explained Winograd. “Participants reported experiencing differences in all factors of the Five Factor Model of personality, but extraversion was the only factor robustly perceived to be different across participants in alcohol and sober conditions.”
So, why do people feel so different while drunk? It really comes down to the placebo effect. As Awesome Jelly reports, our brains have been trained to believe that booze is a type of social lubricant. However, you are still you! This is the case even after your 5th beer or 3rd shot. It’s just your brain that convinces you are different.
Related Topics
Related News & Articles
The rate of ice loss in the region is a crucial indicator for the world's climate and a closely-watched metric by bordering nations jostling for resources and...
Recently posted . 553 views . 1 min read
At 100 million °C, the reactor attained the minimum temperature needed for sustained nuclear fusion.
Recently posted . 724 views . 1 min read
In 2017, the Supreme Court banned the sale of crackers in the National Capital Region around Diwali, but there was spike in pollution levels again last year, primar...
Recently posted . 541 views . 2 min read
Excited bystanders in an Indian village spot a baby elephant and rush to take pictures with it.
Recently posted . 601 views . 1 min read
Cuttlefish have the ability to watch 3D movies and react to them much like they would if they saw the real thing out in the ocean.
Recently posted . 500 views . 1 min read
Trending News & Articles
ALMATY: Hour upon hour, day upon day, Omir Bekali and other detainees in far western China's new indoctrination camps had to disavow the...
Recently posted . 194K views . 1 min read
If you have payed attention to the belly buttons of people on the beach or the members of your family, you have probably noticed that they have different shapes and...
Recently posted . 8K views . 2 min read
In this age of terror, there might be nothing more terrifying than the thought of an attack carried out with chemical weapons. We’ve all heard the horrific ...
Recently posted . 3K views . 4 min read
Body fitness is one thing that everyone wants to maintain irrespective of age. Going to the gym and doing some great exercise always helps to maintain your body fit...
Recently posted . 3K views . 2 min read
More in Global
From shopping, restaurants, dancing, shows, a cinema and more, the most promised tourist destination has something for the whole family.
Recently posted. 574 views . 0 min read
WEST PALM BEACH: Islamic State militants no longer control any territory in Syria, US president Donald Trump proudly announced on Friday, though th...
Recently posted. 663 views . 1 min read
• According to Chinese astrology, the position of moles is important
• It gives a...
Recently posted. 814 views . 4 min read
Recently posted . 817 views
Recently posted . 849 views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views . 67 min read
Recently posted . 1K views . 140 min read
Google's doodle for Earth Day sends an applicable message about environmental change as researchers and others prepare for the March for Science on Saturday.
Recently posted. 749 views . 4 min read
Are you staying married for the wrong reasons?
The institution of marriage often falls short of its promise. Marriage is desi...
Recently posted. 598 views . 4 min read