Body mass index and flanker size: Does (over)weight modulate the Baldwin illusion?

Abstract

Additional information is available at the end of the article overweight subjects placed the subjective midpoint more leftward than the normalweight subjects. In 13 out of 16 types the results differed significantly and in the remaining 3 types the tendency was clear (0.074 < p < 0.13).Limitations were addressed. Our results confirmed our asymmetry hypothesis. Also, these preliminary results demonstrated an influence of BMI on line bisection performance, i.e. a larger pseudoneglect for the overweight/obese subjects.