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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 22, 2017·5 min readBeauty is in the Eye of the Beer HolderA new eye tracking study reveals intoxicated men spend less time examining women's faces compared to their sober counterparts, and spend more time looking at 'sexual' body parts.Read More
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