Visual performance and recovery in recently detoxified alcoholics
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Visual performance and recovery in recently detoxified alcoholics.
In order to assess the impact of chronic alcohol misuse on basic visual functions, we investigated motion perception, visual short-term memory, and visual divided attention in recently detoxified patients and matched controls by means of visual psychophysical tasks. Subjects were tested twice within the first 3 weeks of detoxification in order to assess the potential recovery of visual performa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alcohol and Alcoholism
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1464-3502
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/36.2.171