Does having a drink help you in social situations? New research shows it doesn't work the same way for a social Zoom call.
friend to the study. When they arrived at the study, participants were randomly assigned to complete the study either with their friend or with the friend of a different participant. Thus, half the participants interacted with someone they knew, and the other half interacted with a stranger. Additionally, participants were randomly assigned to either drink alcohol or a control beverage with no alcohol. The amount of alcohol administered was designed to achieve a peak blood alcoholof .08% .
All participants completed a video call in which they interacted with a partner who was sitting in another room. The videoconferencing screen looked like a typical Zoom setup for a two-person call, with half of the screen showing the participants face. Headrests were used to make sure all participants had similar views of their video screens.
The good news is that results showed that participants tended to spend longer looking at their partners face than their own face. This was true regardless of whether the online conversation was with a friend or a stranger. However, evidence also indicated that the more participants focused on themselves during the social interaction, the worse their mood was afterward.
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