Can the left hand benefit from being right? The influence of body side on perceived grasping ability.

ABSTRACT: Right-handed individuals (RHIs) demonstrate perceptual biases towards their right hand, estimating it to be larger and longer than their left. In addition, RHIs estimate that they can grasp larger objects with their right hand than their left. This study investigated whether visual information specifying handedness enhances biases in RHIs' perceptions of their action capabilities. Twenty-two participants were placed in an immersive virtual environment in which self-animated, virtual hands were either presented congruently to their physical hand or mirrored. Following a calibration task, participants estimated their maximum grasp size by adjusting the size of a virtual block until it reached the largest size they thought they could grasp. The results showed that, consistent with research ou

SUBMITTER: Taylor RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11652622 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature