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Anticlockwise or clockwise? A dynamic Perception-Action-Laterality model for directionality bias in visuospatial

A K M Rezaul Karim¹, Michael J Proulx², Lora T Likova³

¹Envision Research Institute, 610 N. Main St, Wichita, KS 67203, USA; The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 2318 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

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Summary

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The Perception-Action-Laterality (PAL) hypothesis introduces a three-stage model for directionality bias in visuospatial functioning. This model explains how perceptual preferences, like clockwise versus anticlockwise, influence sensorimotor integration and action.

Keywords:

Aesthetics Anticlockwise Bisection Cerebral lateralization Clockwise Directionality bias Dopamine Dynamic model Genes Heritability Mental number line Neurogenetic Orientation Plasticity Pseudoneglect Rotation Sensorimotor Space mapping Turning Visuospatial perception

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Area of Science:

Visual Neuroscience
Visual Psychophysics
Cognitive Science

Background:

Orientation and directionality biases are fundamental to visual system function.
Existing literature in visual psychophysics and neuroscience highlights these biases.
Understanding these biases is crucial for visuospatial functioning.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a three-stage model, the Perception-Action-Laterality (PAL) hypothesis, for directionality bias in visuospatial functioning.
To analyze research findings across various visuospatial tasks to identify directionality trends.
To explain the origins of these biases through neurogenetic and cultural factor interactions.

Main Methods:

Literature review of visual psychophysics and neuroscience research.
Analysis of visuospatial task findings to identify perceptual preferences (e.g., clockwise vs. anticlockwise).
Development of a dynamic model for bias origins, incorporating biased competition framework.

Main Results:

Identified two major directionality trends in perceptual preference: clockwise and anticlockwise.
Demonstrated that these preferences are combinatorial, influencing sensorimotor integration and action.
Proposed a model explaining bias origins through neurogenetic and cultural factor interactions.

Conclusions:

The Perception-Action-Laterality (PAL) hypothesis provides a framework for understanding directionality bias.
The model accounts for directional preferences, sensorimotor integration, and population-level variations.
It explains the origins of biases, including unbiased and variably biased cases, through interacting factors.