'Attentional bias' reveals deep connection between numbers and space in the brain

'Attentional bias' reveals deep connection between numbers and space in the brain

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied the relationship between numerical information in our vision, and how it affects our perception of space.

Object-Based Processing: Numbers Confuse How We Perceive Spaces

Researchers recently studied the relationship between numerical information in our vision, and how it affects our perception of space - and discovered subtle asymmetries that color our view on the world. They wanted to see if numbers in our vision create “attentional biases” so volunteers were asked to identify the center of lines and squares filled with numbers. It showed how our perception of space is a complex interplay between “object-based”…