The behavioural preview effect with faces is susceptible to statistical regularities: Evidence for predictive processing across the saccade.

ABSTRACT: The world around us appears stable and continuous despite saccadic eye movements. This apparent visual stability is achieved by trans-saccadic perception leading at the behavioural level to preview effects: performance in processing a foveal stimulus is better if the stimulus remained unchanged (valid) compared to when it changed (invalid) during the saccade that brought it into focus. Trans-saccadic perception is known to predictively adapt to the statistics of the environment. Here, we asked whether the behavioural preview effect shows the same characteristics, employing a between-participants training design. Participants made saccades to faces which could change their orientation (upright/inverted) during the saccade. In addition, the post-saccadic face was slightly tilted and particip

SUBMITTER: Huber-Huber C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7806959 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature