TY - JOUR
T1 - Take the matter into your own hands
T2 - A brief review of the effect of nearby-hands on visual processing
AU - Tseng, Philip
AU - Bridgeman, Bruce
AU - Juan, Chi Hung
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was sponsored by the National Science Council, Taiwan (Grant numbers: 101-2628-H-008-001-MY4, 99-2410-H-008-022-MY3, 101-2410-H-008-033-MY3 and 100-2511-S-008-019). P.T. is supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan (Grant numbers: 101-2811-H-008-014, 101-2628-H-008-001-MY4).
PY - 2012/11/1
Y1 - 2012/11/1
N2 - An exciting new line of research that investigates the impact of one's own hands on visual perception and attention has flourished in the past several years. Specifically, several studies have demonstrated that the nearness of one's hands can modulate visual perception, visual attention, and even visual memory. These studies together shed new light on how the brain prioritizes certain information to be processed first. This review first outlines the recent progress that has been made to uncover various characteristics of the nearby-hand effect, including how they may be transferred to a familiar tool. We then summarize the findings into four specific characteristics of the nearby-hand effect, and conclude with a possible neural mechanism that may account for all the findings.
AB - An exciting new line of research that investigates the impact of one's own hands on visual perception and attention has flourished in the past several years. Specifically, several studies have demonstrated that the nearness of one's hands can modulate visual perception, visual attention, and even visual memory. These studies together shed new light on how the brain prioritizes certain information to be processed first. This review first outlines the recent progress that has been made to uncover various characteristics of the nearby-hand effect, including how they may be transferred to a familiar tool. We then summarize the findings into four specific characteristics of the nearby-hand effect, and conclude with a possible neural mechanism that may account for all the findings.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.visres.2012.09.005
DO - 10.1016/j.visres.2012.09.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23010259
AN - SCOPUS:84867317928
SN - 0042-6989
VL - 72
SP - 74
EP - 77
JO - Vision Research
JF - Vision Research
ER -