If you think one or two small drinks won`t 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. In previous studies, eye movements and vision were only affected at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) approaching the legal limit for driving. “Our findings provide a cautionary tale that the subjective experience of drunkenness is often not aligned with objective impairment of sensorimotor coordination. The study participants were men and women, mostly in their 20s, who drink on average 1-2 drinks per week.

Source: dna December 25, 2020 12:22 UTC