Stochastic Motion Stimuli Influence Perceptual Choices in Human Participants.

ABSTRACT: In the study of perceptual decision making, it has been widely assumed that random fluctuations of motion stimuli are irrelevant for a participant's choice. Recently, evidence was presented that these random fluctuations have a measurable effect on the relationship between neuronal and behavioral variability, the so-called choice probability. Here, we test, in a behavioral experiment, whether stochastic motion stimuli influence the choices of human participants. Our results show that for specific stochastic motion stimuli, participants indeed make biased choices, where the bias is consistent over participants. Using a computational model, we show that this consistent choice bias is caused by subtle motion information contained in the motion noise. We discuss the implications of this findin

SUBMITTER: Fard PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8926215 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature