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Prism adaptation overcomes pseudoneglect for the greyscales task
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posted on 2009-01-01, 00:00 authored by A M Loftus, Nandi VijayakumarNandi Vijayakumar, M E R NichollsVisuomotor adaptation to left-shifting prisms can affect performance for a variety of tasks in neurologically intact (normal) participants. This study examined whether visuomotor adaptation affects performance on the greyscales task in normal participants. Forty-two normal participants completed a greyscales task before and after adaptation to either: left-shifting prisms, right-shifting prisms or control spectacles that did not shift the visual scene. Participants demonstrated a leftward bias (i.e., selected the stimulus that was darker on the left as being darker overall) that was reversed by a short period of visuomotor adaptation to left-shifting prisms. In contrast, this bias was unaffected by adaptation to right-shifting prisms and control spectacles. The findings demonstrate that a simple visuomotor task can alter the distribution of spatial attention for the greyscales task in normal participants. © 2008 Elsevier Srl. All rights reserved.
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CortexVolume
45Issue
4Pagination
537 - 543Publisher
ElsevierLocation
The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0010-9452eISSN
0010-9452Publication classification
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Science & TechnologySocial SciencesLife Sciences & BiomedicineBehavioral SciencesNeurosciencesPsychology, ExperimentalNeurosciences & NeurologyPsychologyNumber lineMental representationSpaceVisuomotor adaptationPerceptionVIEWING PERCEPTUAL ASYMMETRIESSIMULATING UNILATERAL NEGLECTVISUAL LINE BISECTIONREPRESENTATIONAL NEGLECTEXTRAPERSONAL SPACEATTENTIONNORMALSMOTORDISSOCIATIONHEMISPACE
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