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17967445

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Adaptation to right-shifting prisms improves left neglect for mental number line bisection. This study examined whether adaptation affects the mental number line in normal participants. Thirty-six participants completed a mental number line task before and after adaptation to either: left-shifting prisms, right-shifting prisms or control spectacles that did not shift the visual scene. Participants viewed number triplets (e.g. 16, 36, 55) and determined whether the numerical distance was greater on the left or right side of the inner number. Participants demonstrated a leftward bias (i.e. overestimated the length occupied by numbers located on the left side of the number line) that was consistent with the effect of pseudoneglect. The leftward bias was corrected by a short period of visuomotor adaptation to left-shifting prisms, but remained unaffected by adaptation to right-shifting prisms and control spectacles. The findings demonstrate that a simple visuomotor task alters the representation of space on the mental number line in normal participants.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0010-0277
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1048-58
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Left to right: representational biases for numbers and the effect of visuomotor adaptation.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Behavioural Science, University of Melbourne, Vic. 3056, Australia. aloftus@unimelb.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article