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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Factors

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  • Human adults typically exhibit a leftward visual bias (pseudoneglect) in near-field 2D tasks.
  • This bias can reverse to a rightward bias in far-field 3D space, but critical distance thresholds are unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantitatively model how visuospatial bisection performance changes across 3D space.
  • To identify distance boundaries where leftward biases reverse into rightward biases.

Main Methods:

  • A meta-analysis of 30 samples (25 studies, 720 participants) examining horizontal line bisection errors in 3D space.
  • Analysis of bisection performance across varying distances from the observer.

Main Results:

  • A significant leftward bias was observed up to 48 cm.
  • No reliable bias was found between 49 cm and 87 cm.
  • A significant rightward bias emerged beyond 88 cm.
  • Age, tool use, and retinal size control moderated these effects.

Conclusions:

  • Establishes critical distance ranges for visuospatial asymmetries in young adults.
  • Findings provide benchmarks for investigating spatial biases and may inform clinical assessments.