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Nicole A Thomas¹, Dane Stuckel, Carl Gutwin

¹Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. nicole.thomas@usask.ca

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Neurologically normal individuals exhibit spatial biases in collision behavior, influenced by visual field location and handedness. This study reveals how pseudoneglect and rightward biases shift across visual fields, impacting navigation.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Human Factors

Background:

Neurologically normal individuals often exhibit a rightward bias in spatial attention, leading to more collisions with objects on their right.
This phenomenon, potentially linked to pseudoneglect (a leftward attention bias), requires further investigation across different visual field locations.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate directional biases in collision behavior within a virtual route-following task.
To examine how visual field location (central, upper, lower) and handedness modulate these spatial biases.

Main Methods:

Fifty-two participants completed a virtual route-following task presented across central, upper, and lower visual fields.
Collision data with objects on the left and right were recorded and analyzed.
Participant handedness was assessed.

Main Results:

A leftward bias in collisions (more left-side collisions) was observed in the lower visual field.
A rightward bias in collisions was observed in the upper visual field.
No significant directional bias was found in the central visual field. Left-handed participants showed more right-side collisions centrally.

Conclusions:

Directional biases in collision behavior are significantly modulated by the location within the visual field.
Handedness interacts with visual field location to influence spatial attention and collision patterns.
These findings contribute to understanding spatial cognition and navigation in neurologically normal individuals.