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Title How Drinking Can Increase Perceptual Blindness Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet The Fix Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 5/03/18 Description A study by Alistair Harvey explored how alcohol consumption can impact our ability to see something unusual unfold right in front of us Producer/Author Beth Leipholtz URL https://www.thefix.com/how-drinking-can-increase-perceptual-blindness Persons Alistair Harvey Title Alcohol increases inattentional blindness, the failure to perceive visual object in plain view when attention is otherwise engaged, finds new study in journal Psychopharmacology. Results are consistent with alcohol myopia theory. Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Reddit Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 4/03/18 Description A new study finds that even relatively low levels of intoxication can increase “inattentional blindness” – meaning that we simply fail to notice objects that are unexpected but which would easily visible in a sober state. URL https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/81x2pv/alcohol_increases_inattentional_blindness_the/ Persons Alistair Harvey Title Alcohol increases the chances of being perceptually blind to otherwise fully visible objects Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet PsyPost Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 3/03/18 Description New research from Alistair Harvey has found that alcohol intoxication can increase inattentional blindness — meaning the failure to consciously perceive fully visible objects Producer/Author Eric W. Dolan URL https://www.psypost.org/2018/03/alcohol-increases-chances-consciously-blind-otherwise-fully-visible-objects-50811 Persons Alistair Harvey
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Title It really is possible to be “blind drunk” – according to this study of 104 drunk students Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet iNews Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 8/03/18 Description A new study finds that even relatively low levels of intoxication can increase “inattentional blindness” – meaning that we simply fail to notice objects that are unexpected but which would easily visible in a sober state. Producer/Author Tom Bawden URL https://inews.co.uk/news/science/possible-get-blind-drunk/ Persons Alistair Harvey