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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Effects of acute alcohol intoxication on visuospatial attention
Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 26, No. 4, 311-319 (2007)









The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of acute alcohol intoxication on the spatial distribution of visual attention measured with simple reaction times (RTs) to targets presented over an extended region of the visual field.

Results showed that controls were able to direct their attention tightly towards the centre (Expt I) and also to divide attention (Expt II) to the right and left.

Participants in the alcohol group fixed their attention more diffusely in the centre (Expt I) and were unable to disengage attention from the centre in Experiment II.

We conclude that acute alcohol intoxication impairs the ability to dissociate attention from gaze

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