Citation

Watten RG, Lie I. Alcohol Alcohol. 1997; 32(3): 275-280.

Affiliation

National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9199728

Abstract

In an experimental double-blind placebo study of 18 subjects (mean age 26.2 years), we investigated the effect of three blood alcohol concentrations (0.0%, 0.05% and 0.1%) on five visuomotor reading parameters: (1) number of eye fixations per 100 words read; (2) the number of words read per minute; (3) the number of regressions per 100 words read; (4) the saccadic length; (5) the duration of eye fixations. The number of fixations and the duration of eye fixations increased significantly as a function of increased breath alcohol concentration. There were no significant changes in the other visuomotor reading parameters.

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