Spatial but not temporal orienting of attention enhances the temporal acuity of human peripheral vision.

ABSTRACT: The temporal acuity of a sensory system determines its capacity to detect delays between events, which enables following events in time and adapting behaviors accordingly. Whether and how voluntary attention drives visual temporal acuity is still unclear, especially in peripheral vision where attention is critical to avoid missing information. The present study aims at 1) evaluating whether cue-based spatial and temporal orientation of visual attention modulates the temporal acuity in peripheral vision, 2) assessing to what extent these modulations rely on shared or distinct attentional mechanisms, and 3) exploring whether these modulations are cumulative or independent from each other. Forty participants performed an asynchrony detection task in immersive virtual reality whilst electroenc

SUBMITTER: Foerster FR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12307885 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature