Urbanization increases left-bias in line-bisection: An expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness?
Urbanization impairs attentional selection and increases distraction from task-irrelevant contextual information, consistent with a reduction in attentional engagement with the task in hand. Previously, we proposed an attentional-state account of these findings, suggesting that urbanization increase...
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| description | Urbanization impairs attentional selection and increases distraction from task-irrelevant contextual information, consistent with a reduction in attentional engagement with the task in hand. Previously, we proposed an attentional-state account of these findings, suggesting that urbanization increases intrinsic alertness and with it exploration of the wider environment at the cost of engagement with the task in hand. Here, we compare urbanized people with a remote people on a line-bisection paradigm. We show that urbanized people have a left spatial bias where remote people have no significant bias. These findings are consistent with the alertness account and provide the first test of why remote peoples have such an extraordinary capacity to concentrate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c8d9746cf904432bc5996a51a612d272022-12-21T19:19:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-10-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.0112792920Urbanization increases left-bias in line-bisection: An expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness?Karina J Linnell0Serge eCaparos1Jules eDavidoff2Goldsmiths University of LondonUniversité du Québec à Trois-RivièresGoldsmiths University of LondonUrbanization impairs attentional selection and increases distraction from task-irrelevant contextual information, consistent with a reduction in attentional engagement with the task in hand. Previously, we proposed an attentional-state account of these findings, suggesting that urbanization increases intrinsic alertness and with it exploration of the wider environment at the cost of engagement with the task in hand. Here, we compare urbanized people with a remote people on a line-bisection paradigm. We show that urbanized people have a left spatial bias where remote people have no significant bias. These findings are consistent with the alertness account and provide the first test of why remote peoples have such an extraordinary capacity to concentrate.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01127/fullAttentionUrbanizationControllateralityengagementspatial attention |
| spellingShingle | Karina J Linnell Serge eCaparos Jules eDavidoff Urbanization increases left-bias in line-bisection: An expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness? Frontiers in Psychology Attention Urbanization Control laterality engagement spatial attention |
| title | Urbanization increases left-bias in line-bisection: An expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness? |
| title_full | Urbanization increases left-bias in line-bisection: An expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness? |
| title_fullStr | Urbanization increases left-bias in line-bisection: An expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urbanization increases left-bias in line-bisection: An expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness? |
| title_short | Urbanization increases left-bias in line-bisection: An expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness? |
| title_sort | urbanization increases left bias in line bisection an expression of elevated levels of intrinsic alertness |
| topic | Attention Urbanization Control laterality engagement spatial attention |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01127/full |
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