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Alcohol prolongs time course of glare recovery

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SUDDEN changes in environmental light levels require the eye to readjust to achieve the same sensitivity to target contrast at the new level, a process which takes many seconds or minutes when the new environment is considerably dimmer than the previous level. During this recovery time, the eye is relatively blind to fine detail. We show here that relatively low doses of alcohol significantly prolong recovery times following bright light exposure; these changes can be seen for several hours following alcohol ingestion.

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  1. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720

    ANTHONY J. ADAMS

  2. Smith-Kettlewell Institue of Visual Sciences, San Francisco, California

    BRIAN BROWN

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ADAMS, A., BROWN, B. Alcohol prolongs time course of glare recovery. Nature 257, 481–483 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257481a0

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