Forward optic flow is prioritised in visual awareness independently of walking direction

被引:4
作者
Motyka, Pawel [1 ]
Akbal, Mert [2 ,3 ]
Litwin, Piotr [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Warsaw, Fac Psychol, Warsaw, Poland
[2] Max Planck Inst Human Cognit & Brain Sci, Dept Neurol, Leipzig, Germany
[3] Acad Fine Arts Saar, Saarbrucken, Germany
来源
PLOS ONE | 2021年 / 16卷 / 05期
关键词
VENTRAL INTRAPARIETAL AREA; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL AREA; BINOCULAR-RIVALRY; MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION; LOOMING STIMULI; SELF-MOTION; DORSAL PART; PERCEPTION; SPEED; SIGNALS;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0250905
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
When two different images are presented separately to each eye, one experiences smooth transitions between them-a phenomenon called binocular rivalry. Previous studies have shown that exposure to signals from other senses can enhance the access of stimulation-congruent images to conscious perception. However, despite our ability to infer perceptual consequences from bodily movements, evidence that action can have an analogous influence on visual awareness is scarce and mainly limited to hand movements. Here, we investigated whether one's direction of locomotion affects perceptual access to optic flow patterns during binocular rivalry. Participants walked forwards and backwards on a treadmill while viewing highly-realistic visualisations of self-motion in a virtual environment. We hypothesised that visualisations congruent with walking direction would predominate in visual awareness over incongruent ones, and that this effect would increase with the precision of one's active proprioception. These predictions were not confirmed: optic flow consistent with forward locomotion was prioritised in visual awareness independently of walking direction and proprioceptive abilities. Our findings suggest the limited role of kinaesthetic-proprioceptive information in disambiguating visually perceived direction of self-motion and indicate that vision might be tuned to the (expanding) optic flow patterns prevalent in everyday life.
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