@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol slows interhemispheric transmission, increases the flash-lag effect, and prolongs masking: evidence for a slowing of neural processing and transmission",
journal="Vision research",
year="2007",
author="Khan, Shamsul A. and Timney, Brian",
volume="47",
number="13",
pages="1821-1832",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0042-6989",
doi="10.1016/j.visres.2007.03.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2007.03.008"
}