“The aim of the current study was to initiate and describe the development of a Simulated Drinking Game Procedure (SDGP), a safe, efficient, and alcohol-free laboratory protocol for studying drinking game behavior. Fifty-two undergraduates completed the SDGP in a laboratory session, where participants played singles and/or doubles games of Beer Pong.
Water was substituted for alcohol in all of the games. The number of drinks consumed during matches and 20-min play periods were coded during each session, and software was used to estimate the peak blood alcohol concentration (BAC) a participant would achieve if he or she had consumed actual alcohol while participating in the SDGP. Results indicated that participation in Beer Pong can lead to rapid consumption of alcohol and an associated rise in BAC. Results also highlight additional risks for female participants associated with participation in drinking games. The SDGP is a research tool capable of increasing our understanding of drinking games.”
Our tax dollars were used for this?
Generally I support “studies” that oft times are on the edge of adding to human knowledge but this one does seem near worthless:
“The aim of the current study was to initiate and describe the development of a Simulated Drinking Game Procedure (SDGP), a safe, efficient, and alcohol-free laboratory protocol for studying drinking game behavior.” //// So they substitute water for beer? Why not use real beer?
This study is watered down and about as irrelevant/obvious as can be imagined. I suppose the missing element is how much $/time was spent on it?
Althought this seems only to verify a no-brainer, who says that this Auburn University study used our tax money?
What they don’t say in the abstract summary:
Females have more concise control of the ping pong ball. Once entirely thought of to be in the realm of urban myth, the female genitals afford the participant to fling an object with substantial accuracy, under the presumed BAC.
I thought drinking beer lead to playing beer pong.
So playing drinking games leads to drinking?
What other amazing revelations will we face?
Adult games lead to STIs and pregnancy?
Driving games lead ro road accidents?
You could make this stuff up…
>> Improbus said, on September 26th, 2010 at 5:29 am
>> Our tax dollars were used for this?
It was hard to tell from the article. It was done at Auburn University so, probably, some tax dollars where used somewhere.
I’m all for studies like this. It sorts out the media hysteria from reality.
And we can think of endless media-driven hysterias that turned-out to be nothin’.
I know people like to mock these studies but I like to know facts, myself.
I must have heard a dozen stories about the trend of “beer pong” but how serious a problem is it really? Is it really much worse than just going to bar? Probably… but how much worse? Should we just let this fad pass or should we spend millions on an education campaign? Should it be banned? To answer these questions, it needs to be studied.
Well, thanks
Beer pong? Poop.
Anybody for tequila tennis?
I knew a whole group of people who were scary good at beer pong. There was obvious mastery of the mechanics, and that ability was steady to the point of unconsciousness. That sort of dedication…
I hope that those guys don’t maintain an organized beer pong program after graduation. This is the sort of thing that a university should study because the target population is 99%+ university students.