A simple button press towards a prime stimulus enhances subsequent visual search for objects that match the prime. The present study investigated whether this action effect is a general phenomenon across different task domains, and the underlying neural mechanisms. The action effect was measured in an unspeeded size-matching task, with the presentation of the central target and the surrounding inducers of the Ebbinghaus illusion together to one eye or separately to each eye, and when repetitive TMS was applied over right primary motor cortex (M1). The results showed that a prior key-press significantly reduced the illusion effect compared to passive viewing. Notably, the action effect persisted with dichoptic presentation of the Ebbinghaus configuration, but disappeared with the right M1 disruption. These results suggest that action guides visual perception to influence human behavior, which mainly affects the late visual processing stage and probably relies on feedback projections from the motor cortex.

Simple actions modulate context-dependent visual size perception at late processing stages / Yu, Haoyang; Sperandio, Irene; Chen, Lihong. - In: COGNITION. - ISSN 0010-0277. - 253:105940(2024). [10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105940]

Simple actions modulate context-dependent visual size perception at late processing stages.

Sperandio, Irene;
2024-01-01

Abstract

A simple button press towards a prime stimulus enhances subsequent visual search for objects that match the prime. The present study investigated whether this action effect is a general phenomenon across different task domains, and the underlying neural mechanisms. The action effect was measured in an unspeeded size-matching task, with the presentation of the central target and the surrounding inducers of the Ebbinghaus illusion together to one eye or separately to each eye, and when repetitive TMS was applied over right primary motor cortex (M1). The results showed that a prior key-press significantly reduced the illusion effect compared to passive viewing. Notably, the action effect persisted with dichoptic presentation of the Ebbinghaus configuration, but disappeared with the right M1 disruption. These results suggest that action guides visual perception to influence human behavior, which mainly affects the late visual processing stage and probably relies on feedback projections from the motor cortex.
2024
105940
Yu, Haoyang; Sperandio, Irene; Chen, Lihong
Simple actions modulate context-dependent visual size perception at late processing stages / Yu, Haoyang; Sperandio, Irene; Chen, Lihong. - In: COGNITION. - ISSN 0010-0277. - 253:105940(2024). [10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105940]
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