> 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?
I thought it was common knowledge?
(And of course there's a Ballmer peak in any case.)
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