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    An investigation of left/right driving rules on deviations while walking

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    Thomas, NA; Churches, O; White, I; Mohr, C; Schrag, Y; Obucina, S; Nicholls, MER
    Date
    2017-10-11
    Source Title
    PLoS One
    Publisher
    PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Nicholls, Michael
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    Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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    Journal Article
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    Thomas, N. A., Churches, O., White, I., Mohr, C., Schrag, Y., Obucina, S. & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2017). An investigation of left/right driving rules on deviations while walking. PLOS ONE, 12 (10), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186171.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/257464
    DOI
    10.1371/journal.pone.0186171
    Abstract
    When traversing through an aperture, such as a doorway, people characteristically deviate towards the right. This rightward deviation can be explained by a rightward attentional bias which leads to rightward bisections in far space. It is also possible, however, that left or right driving practices affect the deviation. To explore this possibility, Australian (left-side drivers) and Swiss (right-side drivers) participants (n = 36 & 34) walked through the middle of an aperture. To control for the sway of the body, participants started with either their left or right foot. Sway had a significant effect on participants' position in the doorway and the amount of sway was greater for Australians-perhaps due to national differences in gait. There was a significant rightward deviation for the Swiss, but not for the Australians. It is suggested that driving practices have a small additive effect on rightward attentional biases whereby the bias is increased for people who drive on the right and reduced in people who drive on the left.

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