Spatial consequences of bridging the saccadic gap
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Spatial consequences of bridging the saccadic gap. / Yarrow, Kielan; Whiteley, Louise Emma; Rothwell, John C; Haggard, Patrick.
In: Vision Research, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2006, p. 545-55.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Spatial consequences of bridging the saccadic gap
AU - Yarrow, Kielan
AU - Whiteley, Louise Emma
AU - Rothwell, John C
AU - Haggard, Patrick
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We report six experiments suggesting that conscious perception is actively redrafted to take account of events both before and after the event that is reported. When observers saccade to a stationary object they overestimate its duration, as if the brain were filling in the saccadic gap with the post-saccadic image. We first demonstrate that this illusion holds for moving objects, implying that the perception of time, velocity, and distance traveled become discrepant. We then show that this discrepancy is partially resolved up to 500 ms after a saccade: the perceived offset position of a post-saccadic moving stimulus shows a greater forward mislocalization when pursued after a saccade than during pursuit alone. These data are consistent with the idea that the temporal bias is resolved by the subsequent spatial adjustment to provide a percept that is coherent in its gist but inconsistent in its detail.
AB - We report six experiments suggesting that conscious perception is actively redrafted to take account of events both before and after the event that is reported. When observers saccade to a stationary object they overestimate its duration, as if the brain were filling in the saccadic gap with the post-saccadic image. We first demonstrate that this illusion holds for moving objects, implying that the perception of time, velocity, and distance traveled become discrepant. We then show that this discrepancy is partially resolved up to 500 ms after a saccade: the perceived offset position of a post-saccadic moving stimulus shows a greater forward mislocalization when pursued after a saccade than during pursuit alone. These data are consistent with the idea that the temporal bias is resolved by the subsequent spatial adjustment to provide a percept that is coherent in its gist but inconsistent in its detail.
KW - Adult
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Motion Perception
KW - Optical Illusions
KW - Photic Stimulation
KW - Psychomotor Performance
KW - Saccades
KW - Space Perception
KW - Time Perception
U2 - 10.1016/j.visres.2005.04.019
DO - 10.1016/j.visres.2005.04.019
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 16005489
VL - 46
SP - 545
EP - 555
JO - Vision Research
JF - Vision Research
SN - 0042-6989
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 40324925