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Influence of postural control difficulty on changes in spatial orienting of attention after leftward prism adaptation

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Prism adaptation (PA) affects visuospatial attention such as spatial orienting in both the right and left hemifields; however, the systematic after-effects of PA on visuospatial attention remain unclear. Visuospatial attention can be affected by non-spatial attentional factors, and postural control difficulty, which delays the reaction time (RT) to external stimulation, may be one such factor. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the influence of postural control difficulty on changes in spatial orienting of attention after leftward PA. Seventeen healthy young adults underwent 15-min and 5-min PA procedures for a leftward visual shift (30 diopters). Participants underwent the Posner cueing test immediately before (pre-evaluation) and in between and after the PA procedures (post-evaluations) while standing barefoot on the floor (normal standing condition) and on a balance-disc (balance standing condition). In the pre-evaluation, RTs in the balance standing condition were significantly longer compared to those in the normal standing condition for targets appearing in both the right and left hemifields. Leftward PA improved the RT for targets appearing in the right, but no left, hemifield in the balance standing condition, such that RTs for targets in the right hemifield in the post-evaluation were not significantly different between the two standing conditions. However, leftward PA did not significantly change RTs for targets in both hemifields in the normal standing condition. Therefore, postural control difficulty may enhance sensitivity to the features of the visuospatial cognitive after-effects of leftward PA.

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We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.jp) for English language editing. We thank the participants who volunteered in this study.

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This study was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (21K17455) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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  1. Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, 1398, Shimami‑cho, Kita‑ku, 950‑3198, Niigata, Japan

    Ryosuke Kitatani, Naofumi Otsuru, Sumiya Shibata & Hideaki Onishi

  2. Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan

    Ryosuke Kitatani, Naofumi Otsuru, Sumiya Shibata & Hideaki Onishi

  3. Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Ryosuke Kitatani

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Kitatani, R., Otsuru, N., Shibata, S. et al. Influence of postural control difficulty on changes in spatial orienting of attention after leftward prism adaptation. Exp Brain Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-024-06843-6

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