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Martin Szinte1, Mark Wexler, Patrick Cavanagh

  • 1Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. martin.szinte@gmail.com

Journal of Vision
|July 26, 2012
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Space constancy involves remapping target activity during saccades. This study found that while large mislocalizations are masked, a residual 20% saccade amplitude misalignment persists, indicating dynamic remapping in attention and saccade control areas.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Vision Science

Background:

  • Space constancy is maintained by remapping target activity to expected post-saccadic locations.
  • Attention and saccade control areas are crucial for this dynamic remapping process.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To visualize and quantify dynamic remapping during saccades using a moving probe technique.
  • To investigate the timing and extent of peri-saccadic remapping and its potential mislocalization effects.

Main Methods:

  • A probe moved vertically while participants executed saccades across its path, adapted from Honda (2006).
  • A second, physical shift was introduced to precisely measure the timing of saccade-induced remapping.
  • Experiment variations included probe contrast adjustments to compare findings with previous research.

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Main Results:

  • Observers reported a broken motion trace with a shift of ~20% of saccade amplitude, suggesting overcompensation.
  • Continuous trace perception was maximized when the physical shift coincided with the saccade midpoint, indicating compensation upon saccade landing.
  • Increased probe contrast revealed residual misalignment, though large deviations were masked for continuous motion.

Conclusions:

  • Dynamic remapping during saccades generally masks large peri-saccadic mislocalizations for continuous targets.
  • A consistent residual misalignment of approximately 20% of saccade amplitude exists between pre- and post-saccadic coordinates.
  • This residual misalignment, typically unnoticed, highlights the complex interplay of attention and saccade control in maintaining spatial awareness.