Effects of acute alcohol ingestion on eye movements and cognition: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol is one of the most consumed psychoactive substances in the world, and the negative impact related to alcohol use has become a worldwide public health issue. Alcohol is able to affect diffusely several areas of the Central Nervous System, which could impair visual functions, including eye movements, and cognitive processes. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of moderate alcohol intake in eyes movements, as an indicator of cognitive processing underlying the visual search in a the Maze task. We investigated the concentration of 0.08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC), using an intra-subject, double-blind, and placebo-controlled experimental design with a sample size of 20 young adults (11 men and nine women). All volunteers participated in both conditio

SUBMITTER: Silva JBS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638320 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature