Abstract
We found that when Americans view ambiguous lateral long-range apparent motion, they exhibit a robust bias to experience leftward movement. In successive experiments, right-handers and lefthanders, and left-side drivers from Japan equally manifested this leftward bias. However, bilingual viewers whose first language reads from right to left exhibited no lateral bias. Furthermore, the bilingual sample produced a significant correlation between exposure to English and extent of leftward motion bias. The findings provide strong evidence that reading habits can influence directionality in motion perception.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1137-1141 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Vision Research |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Apparent motion
- Handedness
- Lateral motion
- Lateralization
- Motion perception
- Reading
- Saccades
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology
- Sensory Systems