A Comparative Study on Line Bisection and Landmark Task Performance Using a Hybrid Online Setting
Bisection tasks are commonly used to assess biases and asymmetries in visuospatial attention in both patients and neurologically intact individuals. In these tasks, participants are usually asked to identify the midpoint and manually bisect a horizontal line. Typically, healthy individuals tend to s...
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| description | Bisection tasks are commonly used to assess biases and asymmetries in visuospatial attention in both patients and neurologically intact individuals. In these tasks, participants are usually asked to identify the midpoint and manually bisect a horizontal line. Typically, healthy individuals tend to show an attention processing advantage for the left visual field, known as “pseudoneglect.” Here, performance at two computerized versions of the task was compared to assess pseudoneglect in neurologically intact individuals. Specifically, we used a hybrid online setting in which subjects (<i>n</i> = 35) performed the online tasks under the video guidance of the experimenter. We measured attentional biases in the line bisection and landmark tasks. We found pseudoneglect in both tasks, although the bias was larger in the line bisection task. Overall, these findings show that hybrid online tasks may provide a valid setting to assess attentional biases and suggest their feasibility in the clinical setting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fec952a1e574314bdf4bf610d9f1d7b2023-11-17T14:10:09ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942023-03-0115372910.3390/sym15030729A Comparative Study on Line Bisection and Landmark Task Performance Using a Hybrid Online SettingFrancesca Strappini0Amihai Ben-Nun1Anna Pecchinenda2Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyTechnion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, IsraelDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyBisection tasks are commonly used to assess biases and asymmetries in visuospatial attention in both patients and neurologically intact individuals. In these tasks, participants are usually asked to identify the midpoint and manually bisect a horizontal line. Typically, healthy individuals tend to show an attention processing advantage for the left visual field, known as “pseudoneglect.” Here, performance at two computerized versions of the task was compared to assess pseudoneglect in neurologically intact individuals. Specifically, we used a hybrid online setting in which subjects (<i>n</i> = 35) performed the online tasks under the video guidance of the experimenter. We measured attentional biases in the line bisection and landmark tasks. We found pseudoneglect in both tasks, although the bias was larger in the line bisection task. Overall, these findings show that hybrid online tasks may provide a valid setting to assess attentional biases and suggest their feasibility in the clinical setting.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/15/3/729pseudoneglectperceptual asymmetrieslateralizationvisual neglectattention biasonline testing |
| spellingShingle | Francesca Strappini Amihai Ben-Nun Anna Pecchinenda A Comparative Study on Line Bisection and Landmark Task Performance Using a Hybrid Online Setting Symmetry pseudoneglect perceptual asymmetries lateralization visual neglect attention bias online testing |
| title | A Comparative Study on Line Bisection and Landmark Task Performance Using a Hybrid Online Setting |
| title_full | A Comparative Study on Line Bisection and Landmark Task Performance Using a Hybrid Online Setting |
| title_fullStr | A Comparative Study on Line Bisection and Landmark Task Performance Using a Hybrid Online Setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparative Study on Line Bisection and Landmark Task Performance Using a Hybrid Online Setting |
| title_short | A Comparative Study on Line Bisection and Landmark Task Performance Using a Hybrid Online Setting |
| title_sort | comparative study on line bisection and landmark task performance using a hybrid online setting |
| topic | pseudoneglect perceptual asymmetries lateralization visual neglect attention bias online testing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/15/3/729 |
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