A new study reveals that the speed in which how a person drinks alcohol is almost influenced by the shape of the alcohol glass they're using. 

A team from the the University of Bristol and the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group of Bristol in the U.K. led by Angela Attwood and David Troy suggests that drinkers are not capable of measuring the amount of alcoho lthey have consumed when they cannot pinpoint the halfway point of the shaped glasses.

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Researchers then acquired and analyzed data obtained from an experiment that involved 160 participants between the ages of 18 to 40 years old who also did not possess any alcohol problems.

Participants of this new study were then requested to drink beer where they had a choice of curved glasses with markings or curved glasses without any markings. These markings represent the content measurement of each glass such as a quarter, half and three quarters.

Researchers then separated the participants who are unusually slow when it comes to finishing their drinks from the rest of the group. The results presented that those who chose marked glassess were slower drinkers at 10.3 minutes as opposed to those who drak from unmarked glasses at 9.1 minutes.

Another experiment was carried out in order to determine if the shape of the drinking glasses was a big factor in consuming alcohol. Researchers asked the same participants to join two drinking sessions happening at three different pubs.

Participants were given beer in curved glasses and others in straight glasses.Those who drank from straight shaped glasses were discovered to drink at a slower pace, at 60 percent slower than those who drank from a curved glass.

Attwood says that the level of intoxication is often determined on how fast that person consumes alcohol. Speed drinking can also influence the amount a person drinks alcohol during one session.

Attwood also adds that this new study can help people to determine and monitor their drinking habits based on the glass shape and volume measurements of the alcoholic beverage.

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