Mike he/him Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 There was this study at the University of North Texas which suggests that dark-eyed people can't hold their liquor as well as light-eyed people, and are more likely to be alcoholic. I found it interesting that there is such a profound physiological difference there. Perhaps there is a good reason that lighteyes are royalty on Roshar. http://www.unt.edu/rss/class/mike/5700/eyecoloralcohol.pdf
CrazyRioter she/her Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 (edited) I actually get the impression from reading the abstract that light-eyed people are more likely to get addicted because they need to drink more to get pleasant mental effects and are more likely to build a physical dependence. Also, you have blue eyes don't you? Edited May 16, 2011 by CrazyRioter
Mike he/him Posted May 16, 2011 Author Posted May 16, 2011 I have green eyes, though they change colors sometimes depending upon my state of intoxication...
Cuaiir he/him Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 Apparently I'm not the only one who reads Cracked 3
pv3Hpv3p Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 I have green/hazel eyes, but am a big ol Polish dude, so can hold my liquor with the best of them. Am not sure if green/hazel is light or dark?
KChan she/her Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 I've also heard it said that people with light eyes are more sensitive to light, but I don't have any sort of article to link that backs that up.
Mike he/him Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 When I was in an undergrad Psychology class in college, we had to volunteer to help one of the teachers/grad students with their experiments for class credit, and one that I actually worked on was this: http://psychology.uga.edu/people/bios/faculty/JBrownDoc/Brown.1993.pdf It was a study that looked at a person's perception of certain illusions made with alternating black and white shapes and blinking lights (real trippy), and found that those with darker eye pigments didn't see the illusion as often as those with lighter pigmentation. It roughly corresponded to skin color, but not necessarily. I was the melanin measurer. I had one of those eye microscopes that they use when you get tested for contacts, and I had to figure out what level of pigmentation any given cornea had. So I'm getting credit for gazing into some lovely co-eds' eyes and flirting with them. Oddly enough, telling girls that they have pretty eyes doesn't work so well from the other side of a microscope.
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