Alcohol Can Enhance Some Kinds of Creativity
On Wednesday, I wrote about research into the psychology of beer tasting. Today, we’re going to stick with the theme and look at a study on how a little...
The Psychology of Beer Tasting
If you’re going to participate in a psychology study, you could do worse than one where you’re asked to taste nine different beers. That’s the study researchers in New...
Boredom Proneness Predicts Teens’ Risk Behaviors
Nothing good happens when teenagers get bored – at least, that’s what a new study from researchers at University of Bologna in Italy suggests. In the study, published in...
How Does Alcohol Affect Social Anxiety?
A little liquid courage can take the edge off anxiety, but too much liquid courage can cause all sorts of problems. Self-medicating with the anxiety-reducing properties of alcohol has...
The Personality Types of Student Drinkers – Are You One?
It’s not news that drinking on college campuses is widespread. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), about four out of five college students drink...