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Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages?

Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages?

Science Weekly vor 1 Jahr

The Ig Nobel prizes were awarded recently - for science that makes you laugh and then think - and the peace prize was given to a cheeky study testing the link between alcohol and language proficiency. Does a drink really help us to converse more convincin

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The Ig Nobel prizes were awarded recently – for science that makes
you laugh and then think – and the peace prize was given to a
cheeky study testing the link between alcohol and language
proficiency. Does a drink really help us to converse more
convincingly in another tongue, or does it just give us inflated
confidence? To find out, Madeleine Finlay speaks to a member of the
winning team, Dr Fritz Renner, a researcher in clinical psychology
and psychotherapy at the University of Freiburg in Germany. Help
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