Prismatic Adaptation Induces Plastic Changes onto Spatial and Temporal Domains in Near and Far Space

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Theoretical model of the plastic prismatic adaptation effects on spatial representation of time processing. (a) The horizontal black line represents a putative duration to be bisected. The central vertical marker represents the real midpoint of the temporal duration. The little vertical lines represent time beats indicating the velocity of time flow passage: the greater the distance between the lines, the slower the passage of time flow. (b) The horizontal dark gray line represents time duration perceived by participants before PA. The central vertical marker represents the temporal bisection judgment of participants before PA. The real time duration and the perceived duration by participants are aligned: the passage of time flow of the perceived duration has the same velocity of the real duration. (c) Leftward shift of spatial attention following RPA induces an underestimation of time. The horizontal dashed black arrow represents the leftward shift of spatial attention induced by RPA. The horizontal light gray line represents the time duration perceived by participants after RPA. The central vertical marker represents the temporal bisection judgment of participants after RPA. The real time interval and the perceived interval are not aligned because of the rightward bias of spatial attention: the passage of time flow of the perceived duration beats more slowly than the real duration. (d) Rightward shift of spatial attention following LPA induces an overestimation of time. The horizontal dashed black arrow represents the leftward shift of spatial attention induced by LPA. The horizontal light gray line represents the time duration perceived by participants after LPA. The central vertical marker represents the temporal bisection judgment of participants after LPA. The real time interval and the perceived interval are not aligned because of the rightward bias of spatial attention: the passage of time flow of the perceived duration beats more quickly than the real duration.