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ERIC Number: EJ927426
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-2626
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Age-Related Changes in Visual Pseudoneglect
Schmitz, Remy; Peigneux, Philippe
Brain and Cognition, v76 n3 p382-389 Aug 2011
Pseudoneglect is a slight but consistent leftward attentional bias commonly observed in healthy young populations, purportedly explained by right hemispheric dominance. It has been suggested that normal aging might be associated with a decline of the right hemisphere. According to this hypothesis, a few studies have shown that elderly tend to exhibit a rightward attentional bias in line bisection. In the present study, we tested this hypothesis in young and older participants using a perceptual landmark task. Results yield evidence for an age-related shift, from a strong attentional leftward bias in young adults toward a suppressed or even a reversed bias in the elderly. Right hemisphere impairment coupled to a left hemispheric compensation might explain the perceptual shift observed in older adults. However, a decline in corpus callosum function cannot be excluded. Alternatively, these results may be in agreement with the hypothesis of an age-related specific inhibition of return dysfunction, an overt attentional orienting mechanism, and/or a decrease of dopamine. (Contains 2 figures and 1 supplementary material.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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