The closer the better

  • A growing literature has suggested that processing of visual information presented near the hands is facilitated. In this study, we investigated whether the near-hands superiority effect also occurs with the hands moving. In two experiments, participants performed a cyclical bimanual movement task requiring concurrent visual identification of briefly presented letters. For both the static and dynamic hand conditions, the results showed improved letter recognition performance with the hands closer to the stimuli. The finding that the encoding advantage for near-hand stimuli also occurred with the hands moving suggests that the effect is regulated in real time, in accordance with the concept of a bimodal neural system that dynamically updates hand position in external space.

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Author details:Jos J. Adam, Thamar J. H. Bovend'Eerdt, Fleur E. P. van Dooren, Martin H. FischerORCiDGND, Jay PrattORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-432963
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-43296
ISSN:1866-8364
Title of parent work (German):Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
Subtitle (English):hand proximity dynamically affects letter recognition accuracy
Publication series (Volume number):Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (607)
Publication type:Postprint
Language:English
Date of first publication:2020/03/23
Publication year:2012
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2020/03/23
Tag:perception and action
Issue:607
Number of pages:8
First page:1533
Last Page:1538
Source:Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 74 (2012) 1533–1538 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-012-0339-3
Organizational units:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät
DDC classification:1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
Peer review:Referiert
Publishing method:Open Access
License (English):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 2.0 Generic
External remark:Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle
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