scholarly journals Evidence for a spatial bias in the perception of sequences of brief tones

2013 ◽  
Vol 133 (5) ◽  
pp. EL346-EL350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Rocchesso ◽  
Guillaume Lemaitre ◽  
Massimo Grassi
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Bias ◽  
Brief Tones

Habitat constraints and spatial bias in seabird colony distributions

Ecography ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Scott Forbes ◽  
Martin Jajam ◽  
Gary W. Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Bias ◽  
Seabird Colony

Task-Irrelevant Sound Corrects Leftward Spatial Bias in Blindfolded Haptic Placement Task

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 521-548
Author(s):  
Laura Cacciamani ◽  
Larisa Sheparovich ◽  
Molly Gibbons ◽  
Brooke Crowley ◽  
Kalynn E. Carpenter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Memory Task ◽  
Spatial Location ◽  
Dominant Hand ◽  
Spatial Bias ◽  
Leftward Bias ◽  
Object Location Memory ◽  
Irrelevant Sound ◽  
Haptic Object ◽  
The Right ◽  
Task Irrelevant

Abstract We often rely on our sense of vision for understanding the spatial location of objects around us. If vision cannot be used, one must rely on other senses, such as hearing and touch, in order to build spatial representations. Previous work has found evidence of a leftward spatial bias in visual and tactile tasks. In this study, we sought evidence of this leftward bias in a non-visual haptic object location memory task and assessed the influence of a task-irrelevant sound. In Experiment 1, blindfolded right-handed sighted participants used their non-dominant hand to haptically locate an object on the table, then used their dominant hand to place the object back in its original location. During placement, participants either heard nothing (no-sound condition) or a task-irrelevant repeating tone to the left, right, or front of the room. The results showed that participants exhibited a leftward placement bias on no-sound trials. On sound trials, this leftward bias was corrected; placements were faster and more accurate (regardless of the direction of the sound). One explanation for the leftward bias could be that participants were overcompensating their reach with the right hand during placement. Experiment 2 tested this explanation by switching the hands used for exploration and placement, but found similar results as Experiment 1. A third Experiment found evidence supporting the explanation that sound corrects the leftward bias by heightening attention. Together, these findings show that sound, even if task-irrelevant and semantically unrelated, can correct one’s tendency to place objects too far to the left.

Spatial Bias after Brain Damage

2018 ◽  
pp. 263-275
Author(s):  
Pom Charras ◽  
Juan Lupianez ◽  
Paolo Bartolomeo
Keyword(s):  
Brain Damage ◽  
Spatial Bias

Dopaminergic genotype influences spatial bias in healthy adults

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 2458-2464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciara M. Greene ◽  
Ian H. Robertson ◽  
Michael Gill ◽  
Mark A. Bellgrove
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Adults ◽  
Spatial Bias

scholarly journals Spatial bias in field-estimated unsaturated hydraulic properties

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 47-1-47-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Holt ◽  
John L. Wilson ◽  
Robert J. Glass
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Properties ◽  
Spatial Bias
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