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Depth perception during saccades.

Tobias Teichert1, Steffen Klingenhoefer, Thomas Wachtler

  • 1NeuroPhysics Group, Department of Physics, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany. tt2288@columbia.edu

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The brain misjudges depth during eye movements (saccades), perceiving flashed objects closer or farther than they are. This depth mislocalization is specific to upward saccades and not fully explained by current models.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Vision Science
  • Perception

Background:

  • Perceptual compensation for gaze shifts during saccades is crucial for stable vision.
  • Saccades involve not only changes in gaze direction but also transient vergence changes that require compensation.
  • Existing models inadequately explain depth perception during saccades.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate depth judgments of stimuli presented during saccades.
  • To understand how the brain compensates for vergence changes during eye movements.
  • To identify novel patterns of depth mislocalization during saccades.

Main Methods:

  • Participants judged the depth of perisaccadic stimuli relative to continuous references.
  • Stimuli were briefly flashed around saccade onset.
  • Depth judgments were analyzed for horizontal, upward, and downward saccades.

Main Results:

  • Disparity thresholds increased around saccade onset.
  • Horizontal saccades caused systematic depth errors: stimuli appeared closer.
  • Upward saccades showed similar mislocalization; downward saccades did not.
  • Depth judgments were less dependent on visual references than fronto-parallel localization.

Conclusions:

  • The brain exhibits systematic depth mislocalization during saccades, particularly upward ones.
  • Current computational models of visual perception do not account for these findings.
  • Further research is needed to refine models of saccadic depth perception.