Prism adaptation in the healthy brain: The shift in line bisection judgments is long lasting and fluctuates

• Published in: Neuropsychologia Vol. 53; pp. 165 - 170
• Main Authors: Schintu, Selene, Pisella, Laure, Jacobs, Stéphane, Salemme, Romeo, Reilly, Karen T., Farnè, Alessandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Adaptation, Psychological; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Cognitive science; Female; Functional Laterality; Humans; Judgment; Line bisection; Male; Medical sciences; Neuroscience; Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology; Photic Stimulation; Plasticity; Prism adaptation; Pseudoneglect; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychophysics; Space Perception; Spatial cognition; Time Factors; Visual Perception; Young Adult; Prism adaptation; Pseudoneglect; Line bisection; Spatial cognition; Plasticity; Human; Perceptual adaptation; Healthy subject; Central nervous system; Encephalon; Sensorimotor coordination; Brain plasticity; Prism; Bisection task; Judgment

Rightward prism adaptation has been shown to ameliorate visuospatial biases in right brain-damaged patients with neglect, and a single session of prism adaptation can lead to improvements that last up to several hours. Leftward prism adaptation in neurologically healthy individuals induces neglect-l...