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The Role of Temporal Information in Perisaccadic Mislocalization

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  • Maria Matziridi
  • Eli Brenner
  • Jeroen B J Smeets

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In dynamic environments, it is crucial to accurately consider the timing of information. For instance, during saccades the eyes rotate so fast that even small temporal errors in relating retinal stimulation by flashed stimuli to extra-retinal information about the eyes’ orientations will give rise to substantial errors in where the stimuli are judged to be. If spatial localization involves judging the eyes’ orientations at the estimated time of the flash, we should be able to manipulate the pattern of mislocalization by altering the estimated time of the flash. We reasoned that if we presented a relevant flash within a short rapid sequence of irrelevant flashes, participants’ estimates of when the relevant flash was presented might be shifted towards the centre of the sequence. In a first experiment, we presented five bars at different positions around the time of a saccade. Four of the bars were black. Either the second or the fourth bar in the sequence was red. The task was to localize the red bar. We found that when the red bar was presented second in the sequence, it was judged to be further in the direction of the saccade than when it was presented fourth in the sequence. Could this be because the red bar was processed faster when more black bars preceded it? In a second experiment, a red bar was either presented alone or followed by two black bars. When two black bars followed it, it was judged to be further in the direction of the saccade. We conclude that the spatial localization of flashed stimuli involves judging the eye orientation at the estimated time of the flash.

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  • Maria Matziridi & Eli Brenner & Jeroen B J Smeets, 2015. "The Role of Temporal Information in Perisaccadic Mislocalization," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(9), pages 1-15, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0134081
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134081
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