Effects of internally directed cognition on smooth pursuit eye movements: A systematic examination of perceptual decoupling.

ABSTRACT: Eye behavior differs between internally and externally directed cognition and thus is indicative of an internal versus external attention focus. Recent work implicated perceptual decoupling (i.e., eye behavior becoming less determined by the sensory environment) as one of the key mechanisms involved in these attention-related eye movement differences. However, it is not yet understood how perceptual decoupling depends on the characteristics of the internal task. Therefore, we systematically examined effects of varying internal task demands on smooth pursuit eye movements. Specifically, we evaluated effects of the internal workload (control vs. low vs. high) and of internal task (arithmetic vs. visuospatial). The results of multilevel modelling showed that effects of perceptual decoupling w

SUBMITTER: Korda Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10167146 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature