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San Francisco : If you think one or two small drinks wont affect your driving skills, read on. New NASA-led research has warned that hand-eye coordination in driving and other activities is compromised after consuming the equivalent of less than a half of beer, for a person around 75 kg in weight. The findings provide new information on the potential impact of even minimal alcohol consumption on high-risk human activities that rely on keen visual and visuomotor control, like driving, pil...

by Martin Dunphy on December 21st, 2020 at 4:59 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1 There might be more truth to the maxim "Just dont drink and drive" than most people think. Because of weight and gender diffferences—as well as a range of other factors that can affect alcohol absorption and metabolization in humans—groups like MADD Canada simply advise people "Dont drink and drive", in order to avoid impairment when one is behind the wheel of any vehicle . Now a new study, published as a research paper ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: The eye measurement assessment set-up (shown above) consists of a chin/forehead rest, an infra-red camera and lamp, high-resolution gamer display and game controller, with appropriate software to generate our moving... view more  Credit: Credit: NASA In previous studies, eye movements and vision were only affected at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) approaching the legal limit for driving (0.08% BAC), in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (1). New research publish...

Hand-eye coordination found to be dramatically more sensitive to alcohol Dec 21 2020 In previous studies, eye movements and vision were only affected at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) approaching the legal limit for driving (0.08% BAC), in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. New research published in The Journal of Physiology however found for the first time that hand-eye coordination is dramatically more sensitive to alcohol with some measures of coordination impaired by more than 20% a...