Team colours on cans change perceptions of alcohol risks, MU study finds

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 06:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Underage and heavy drinking on college campuses continue to be issues for college administrators. While some campuses, such as the University of Missouri, have made strides in efforts to reduce heavy drinking on campus, administrators are continually trying to educate students about the risks of excessive drinking. Now, two MU psychologists have found that students who viewed images of beer cans packaged and displayed in university colours believed that drinking beer was less dangerous than those students who saw images of regular beer cans...

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