The effect of alcohol abuse on perceptual reference frames.
Visuospatial processing in alcoholics was investigated by aligning two elements along different axes of an equilateral triangle and asking subjects to report the direction the triangle appeared to point when first observed. Alcoholics were not as affected as controls by alignment of the elements. The implications of these findings are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D014794:Visual Fields