Visual Processing and Eye Movement Control under the Influence of Alcohol

Abstract

Abstract: Although moderate alcohol consumption is known to degrade performance in a variety of tasks, the exact nature and extent of such impairments is not well understood. We examined alcohol effects on different levels of visual processing and oculomotor control. On the lowest level(automatic), reflexive responses were tested using the prosaccade task. The‘automated’level, incorporating routine behavior based on implicit learning, was studied using the double step paradigm, while the highest level, representing voluntary control, was examined with antisaccade and memory guided tasks. In addition, sentence reading was included as a prototypical complex task with high ecological validity.

摘要： Although moderate alcohol consumption is known to degrade performance in a variety of tasks, the exact nature and extent of such impairments is not well understood. We examined alcohol effects on different levels of visual processing and oculomotor control. On the lowest level(automatic), reflexive responses were tested using the prosaccade task. The‘automated’level, incorporating routine behavior based on implicit learning, was studied using the double step paradigm, while the highest level, representing voluntary control, was examined with antisaccade and memory guided tasks. In addition, sentence reading was included as a prototypical complex task with high ecological validity.

Ralph Radach,Christian Vorstius,Alan R. Lang. Visual Processing and Eye Movement Control under the Influence of Alcohol[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2011, 9(1): 65-80.

Ralph Radach,Christian Vorstius,Alan R. Lang. Visual Processing and Eye Movement Control under the Influence of Alcohol[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2011, 9(1): 65-80.

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