The psychosocial effects of adult strabismus: a review

JM Durnian, CP Noonan, IB Marsh - British journal of ophthalmology, 2011 - bjo.bmj.com
Correction of adult strabismus is not a cosmetic procedure but one that restores normality to
an individual's appearance that has been altered by a disease process. Two fundamental …

Does family history of alcohol problems influence college and university drinking or substance use? A meta‐analytical review

JC Elliott, KB Carey, KE Bonafide - Addiction, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Family history of alcohol use problems is a reliable determinant of alcohol use and
problems in the population at large, but findings are inconsistent when this issue is …

Impaired face symmetry detection under alcohol, but no 'beer goggles' effect

AJ Harvey, C White, K Madelin… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The 'beer goggles' phenomenon describes sexual attraction to individuals
when alcohol intoxicated whom we would not desire when sober. One possible explanation …

[HTML][HTML] Facial symmetry perception and attractiveness ratings in body dysmorphic disorder

R Onken, D Capponi, FA Dietel, C Kneipp… - Journal of Obsessive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cognitive-behavioral models of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) conceptualize biases in
visual information processing as maintaining factors of the disorder. Empirical findings point …

Age at menarche is associated with divergent alcohol use patterns in early adolescence and early adulthood

MA Richards, KA Oinonen - Journal of Adolescence, 2011 - Elsevier
A cross-sectional retrospective design was employed to examine the relationship between
age at menarche (AAM) and alcohol use patterns from middle childhood (age 7) to early …

An explanation for enhanced perceptions of attractiveness after alcohol consumption

LG Halsey, JW Huber, RDJ Bufton, AC Little - Alcohol, 2010 - Elsevier
Acute alcohol consumption increases ratings of attractiveness to faces. This may help to
explain increased frequencies of sexual encounters during periods of alcohol intoxication. At …

Alcohol intoxication reduces detection of asymmetry: an explanation for increased perceptions of facial attractiveness after alcohol consumption?

A Souto, BM Bezerra, LG Halsey - Perception, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Ratings of physical attractiveness are related to degree of facial symmetry. Acute alcohol
consumption affects ratings of physical attractiveness and also attenuates aspects of visual …

Acute effect of alcohol intake on sine-wave Cartesian and polar contrast sensitivity functions

MK Cavalcanti-Galdino, JA da Silva… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The aim of this study was to assess contrast sensitivity for angular frequency stimuli as well
as for sine-wave gratings in adults under the effect of acute ingestion of alcohol. We …

Alcohol myopia and the distracting effects of hair in face recognition

AJ Harvey, DA Tomlinson - Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: According to alcohol myopia theory, alcohol reduces cognitive resources and
restricts the drinker's attention to only the more prominent aspects of a visual scene. As …

Alcohol use, drinking consequences, and sensitivity to social cues among college women

PW Vik, C Williams, N Dasher, P Van Wyk - Addictive behaviors, 2014 - Elsevier
College students who drink vary in the extent to which they experience drinking
consequences, prompting a need to identify factors that differentiate higher-risk drinkers …