Serial Dependence in Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements of Preadolescent Children and Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Serial dependence refers to the attraction of current perceptual responses toward previously seen stimuli. Despite extensive research on serial dependence, fundamental questions, such as how serial dependence changes with development, whether it affects the perception of sensory input, and what qualifies as serial dependence, remain unresolved. The current study aims to address these questions.

Methods

We tested 81 children (8-9 years) and 77 adults (18-30 years) with an ocular tracking task in which participants used their eyes to track a target moving in a specific direction on each trial. This task examined both the open-loop (pursuit initiation) and closed-loop (steady-state tracking) smooth pursuit eye movements.

Results

We found an attractive bias in pur

SUBMITTER: Hong B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11684126 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature