Influence of Interocular Differences and Alcohol Consumption on Binocular Visual Performance

Francesco Martino, José J. Castro-Torres, Miriam Casares-López, Sonia Ortiz-Peregrina, Pilar Granados-Delgado and José R. Jiménez
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Francesco Martino: Laboratory of Vision Sciences and Applications, Department of Optics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
José J. Castro-Torres: Laboratory of Vision Sciences and Applications, Department of Optics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
Miriam Casares-López: Laboratory of Vision Sciences and Applications, Department of Optics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
Sonia Ortiz-Peregrina: Laboratory of Vision Sciences and Applications, Department of Optics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
Pilar Granados-Delgado: Laboratory of Vision Sciences and Applications, Department of Optics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
José R. Jiménez: Laboratory of Vision Sciences and Applications, Department of Optics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-20

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of a moderate breath–alcohol content (BrAC of 0.40 mg/L) on binocular visual performance for different visual functions after inducing different levels of interocular differences with the use of filters. A total of 26 healthy young subjects were enrolled. The participants participated in two sessions: one without alcohol consumption and another after alcohol consumption. In each session and for the different filter conditions (subjects were wearing Bangerter foil of 0.8 and BPM2 fog filter on the dominant eye), monocular and binocular visual function was evaluated by measuring visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, visual discrimination capacity (and successively by calculating their corresponding binocular summations) and stereopsis (near and distance stereoacuity). In addition, interocular differences were calculated for different retinal–image quality and straylight parameters. All monocular and binocular visual functions were analyzed and stereopsis was significantly impaired by alcohol and filters ( p < 0.05). Interocular differences for different ocular parameters and binocular summations for visual parameters were negatively affected by filters but not alcohol. Significant correlations (averaging all the experimental conditions analyzed) were found, highlighting: the higher the interocular differences, the lower the binocular summation and the poorer the stereopsis and, therefore, the worse the binocular visual performance.

Keywords: alcohol consumption; retinal–image quality; straylight; interocular differences; binocular summation; visual performance; induced forward scattering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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