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Science Weekly — Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages?
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 75%13m·2025-09-30·Science

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

Science Weekly

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…

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