Editing Visual memory (section)

=== Alcohol ===
Studies have shown that there is an [[Effects of alcohol on memory|effect of alcohol]] on visual memory. In a recent study visual working memory and its neutral correlates was assessed in university students who partake in [[binge drinking]], the intermittent consumption of large amounts of alcohol.<ref name="REDUCED">{{cite journal | last1 = Cadaveira | first1 = F. | last2 = Corral | first2 = M. | last3 = Crego | first3 = A. | last4 = Mota | first4 = N. | last5 = Parada | first5 = M. | last6 = Rodriguez-Holguin | first6 = S. | year = 2010 | title = Reduced anterior prefrontal cortex activation in young binge drinkers during a visual working memory task | journal = Drug and Alcohol Dependence | volume = 109 | issue = 1–3| pages = 45–56 | pmid = 20079980 | doi = 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.11.020 | hdl = 10347/16798 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> The findings revealed that there may be binge-drinking related functional alteration in recognition working memory processes. This suggests that impaired [[prefrontal cortex]] function may occur at an early age in binge drinkers.

Another study conducted in 2004<ref name="BURKE">{{cite journal |last1=Tapert |first1=Susan F |last2=Pulido |first2=Carmen |last3=Paulus |first3=Martin P |last4=Schuckit |first4=Marc A |last5=Burke |first5=Christina |title=Level of response to alcohol and brain response during visual working memory. |journal=Journal of Studies on Alcohol |date=November 2004 |volume=65 |issue=6 |pages=692–700 |doi=10.15288/jsa.2004.65.692 |pmid=15700505 |s2cid=32903926 }}</ref> examined the level of response to alcohol and brain response during visual working memory. This study looked at the neural correlated of the low level of response to alcohol using [[functional magnetic resonance imaging]] during a challenging visual memory task. The results were that young people who report having needed more alcohol to feel the effects showed higher levels of brain response during visual working memory, this suggests that the individual's capacity to adjust to cognitive processing decreases, they are less able to adjust cognitive processing to contextual demands.<ref name="BURKE" />