MarieClaire
  • News
  • Fashion
  • Beauty
  • Lifestyle
  • Career
  • Bridal
  • Podcasts
  • Beyond Beauty
  • Video
MarieClaire
  • News
  • Fashion
  • Beauty
  • Lifestyle
  • Career
  • Bridal
  • Podcasts
  • Beyond Beauty
  • Video
MAFS' Aleks and Ivan exchange wedding vows
Watch 4:43

MAFS' Aleks and Ivan exchange wedding vows

{headline}

{headline}

The Queen Has Just Released Her Own Gin And We Suspect It's Top-Notch

The Queen Has Just Released Her Own Gin And We Suspect It's Top-Notch

Tell Everyone: Gordon's Pink Gin Is Now Available In Australia

Tell Everyone: Gordon's Pink Gin Is Now Available In Australia

Tell Everyone: Gin-Scented Candles Are Here And They Sound Amazing

Tell Everyone: Gin-Scented Candles Are Here And They Sound Amazing

People Who Drink Gin "Feel Sexier", According To Science

People Who Drink Gin "Feel Sexier", According To Science

{headline}

{headline}

How Different Types Of Alcohol Can Affect Your Emotions

How Different Types Of Alcohol Can Affect Your Emotions

Princes Charles Has Created An Organic Gin Flavoured With Herbs From His Own Highgrove Garden

Princes Charles Has Created An Organic Gin Flavoured With Herbs From His Own Highgrove Garden

All The Non-Wine (But Still Alcoholic) Drinks To BYO This Summer

All The Non-Wine (But Still Alcoholic) Drinks To BYO This Summer

{headline}

{headline}

15 Celebrities Who Don’t Drink Alcohol

15 Celebrities Who Don’t Drink Alcohol

This Australian Gin Was Voted The Best In The World

This Australian Gin Was Voted The Best In The World

12 Truly Spectacular Festive Drips To Get You Through The Holiday Season

12 Truly Spectacular Festive Drips To Get You Through The Holiday Season

The Very Best Seasonal Drinks To Sip This Summer

The Very Best Seasonal Drinks To Sip This Summer

Confessions Of A Female Brewer

Confessions Of A Female Brewer

PSA: Cherry Flavoured Gin Now Exists

PSA: Cherry Flavoured Gin Now Exists

You Can Now Get A Mystical Unicorn Gin That Tastes Like Fairy Floss And Marshmallows

You Can Now Get A Mystical Unicorn Gin That Tastes Like Fairy Floss And Marshmallows

  1. Home
  2. Lifestyle

Enjoy A Good G&T? A New Study Reveals You're More Likely To Be A Psychopath

Guilty as charged - by Harriet Sim
  • 24 Oct 2017
Enjoy A Good G&T? A New Study Reveals You're More Likely To Be A Psychopath

The season of gin and tonic is fast approaching, although, you might want to think twice before you cross Aldi’s festival gin baubles off your Christmas list.

With a study, released by Innsbruch University in Austria, revealing that there could be a more sinister reason behind your drink of choice, and be warned it’s a bitter pill to swallow.

According to the study, there is a strong link between your love of all things bitter, such as gin, coffee and dark chocolate, and your likelihood of having psychopathic tendencies.

Warner Archive GIFs - Find & Share on GIPHY

So while you may not be the next Hannibal Lecter, your taste buds do reveal that you could possess personality traits including narcissism, aggression and sadist inclinations.

But before you get bitter with us, there is some good news.

Psychopathic personality traits, while often prone to being vain, selfish and lacking empathy, they are also a sign of intelligence, strong leadership skills and assertiveness.

Drinking GIFs - Find & Share on GIPHY

Though there is still no word on why people with these traits have a flare for the bitter flavour, they suggest they may experience a kind of ‘thrill.’

Martini anyone?

Warner Archive GIFs - Find & Share on GIPHY

RELATED: Study Says Champagne Can Help Prevent Dementia And Alzheimer's

Save up to 39% + chance to WIN*-*Conditions apply

When you subscribe to marie claire.

Subscribe Now
Save up to 39% + chance to WIN*

Save up to 39% + chance to WIN*-*Conditions apply

When you subscribe to marie claire.

Subscribe Now
Save up to 39% + chance to WIN*

Recommended to you

MAFS' Aleks and Ivan exchange wedding vows
Watch 4:43

MAFS' Aleks and Ivan exchange wedding vows

{headline}

{headline}

The Queen Has Just Released Her Own Gin And We Suspect It's Top-Notch

The Queen Has Just Released Her Own Gin And We Suspect It's Top-Notch

Tell Everyone: Gordon's Pink Gin Is Now Available In Australia

Tell Everyone: Gordon's Pink Gin Is Now Available In Australia

Tell Everyone: Gin-Scented Candles Are Here And They Sound Amazing

Tell Everyone: Gin-Scented Candles Are Here And They Sound Amazing

People Who Drink Gin "Feel Sexier", According To Science

People Who Drink Gin "Feel Sexier", According To Science

{headline}

{headline}

How Different Types Of Alcohol Can Affect Your Emotions

How Different Types Of Alcohol Can Affect Your Emotions

Princes Charles Has Created An Organic Gin Flavoured With Herbs From His Own Highgrove Garden

Princes Charles Has Created An Organic Gin Flavoured With Herbs From His Own Highgrove Garden

All The Non-Wine (But Still Alcoholic) Drinks To BYO This Summer

All The Non-Wine (But Still Alcoholic) Drinks To BYO This Summer

{headline}

{headline}

15 Celebrities Who Don’t Drink Alcohol

15 Celebrities Who Don’t Drink Alcohol

This Australian Gin Was Voted The Best In The World

This Australian Gin Was Voted The Best In The World

12 Truly Spectacular Festive Drips To Get You Through The Holiday Season

12 Truly Spectacular Festive Drips To Get You Through The Holiday Season

The Very Best Seasonal Drinks To Sip This Summer

The Very Best Seasonal Drinks To Sip This Summer

Confessions Of A Female Brewer

Confessions Of A Female Brewer

PSA: Cherry Flavoured Gin Now Exists

PSA: Cherry Flavoured Gin Now Exists

You Can Now Get A Mystical Unicorn Gin That Tastes Like Fairy Floss And Marshmallows

You Can Now Get A Mystical Unicorn Gin That Tastes Like Fairy Floss And Marshmallows

MarieClaire
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

Brands

  • Beauty Crew
  • Home Beautiful
  • Instyle
  • Who

Our Network

  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • BHG Shop
  • New Idea food
  • New Idea
  • Girlfriend
  • That’s Life
  • Practical Parenting
  • All Recipes
  • Perth Now
  • The West Australian
  • 7Plus
  • Airtasker
  • 7NEWS
  • SocietyOne
  • Health Engine
  • Starts at 60
© 2021 Are Media PTY LTD
Get more from Marie Claire

Magazine Subscription Offer

Save up to 39% + chance to WIN*-*Conditions apply

Shop This Offer
Save up to 39% + chance to WIN*