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Triangular backgrounds shift line bisection performance in hemispatial neglect: The critical point
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2002
Abstract
Isosceles triangular backgrounds influence line bisection performance in normal control participants and patients with hemispatial neglect. When the triangles are oriented asymmetrically with the vertex in 1 visual field, and the base in the other, the perceived midpoint of horizontal lines within the triangle is shifted towards the base, and away from the vertex. The current study examines this illusion further by systematically varying the extent of the triangle presented. With only fragments of the triangle in the background of the line, the vertex is the critical component driving the illusory shift in perceived midpoint. Patients with neglect and controls are equally sensitive to the illusion. Similar geometric illusions that are also intact in neglect, along with these results, suggest that preattentive, implicit visual processing is preserved in neglect and drives these illusions.
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- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 8 , Issue 5 , July 2002 , pp. 721 - 726
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- Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2002
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