Citation

Khan SA, Timney B. Vision Res. 2007; 47(13): 1821-1832.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, Rm. 6254, Social Science Centre, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C2.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.visres.2007.03.008

PMID

17467028

Abstract

While the alcohol literature is extensive, relatively little addresses the relationship between physiological effects and behavioural changes. Using the visual system as a model, we examined alcohol's influence on neural temporal processing as a potential means for alcohol's effects. We did this by using tasks that provided a measure of processing speed: Poffenberger paradigm, flash-lag, and backward masking. After moderate alcohol, participants showed longer interhemispheric transmission times, larger flash-lags, and prolonged masking. Our data are consistent with the view that alcohol slows neural processing, and provide support for a reduction in processing efficiency underlying alcohol-induced changes in temporal visual processing.

Language: en