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Intrasaccadic suppression is dominated by reduced detector gain.

Jon Guez1, Adam P Morris, Bart Krekelberg

  • 1Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA. jon@vision.rutgers.edu

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During eye movements (saccades), vision becomes less sensitive. This study reveals that a reduction in visual detector gain, not increased uncertainty, primarily causes this intrasaccadic suppression effect.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception
  • Computational Vision

Background:

  • Human vision experiences a reduction in sensitivity during eye movements (saccades) to prevent motion blur.
  • This phenomenon, known as saccadic suppression, includes presaccadic and intrasaccadic suppression.
  • The exact neural mechanisms underlying intrasaccadic suppression remain debated, with theories involving changes in visual gain or increased sensory uncertainty.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the underlying mechanisms of intrasaccadic suppression.
  • To determine whether changes in visual detector gain or stimulus uncertainty contribute more significantly to intrasaccadic suppression.
  • To fit a perceptual template model (PTM) to experimental data to quantify these effects.

Main Methods:

  • Quantified intrasaccadic suppression of flashed horizontal gratings under varying external noise levels.
  • Utilized a perceptual template model (PTM) to analyze visual detection across different signal-processing stages.
  • Collected threshold-versus-noise (TVN) data to fit the PTM parameters.

Main Results:

  • The PTM successfully fit the experimental data, allowing for the quantification of intrasaccadic suppression.
  • A significant reduction in the gain of the visual detector was identified as the dominant factor contributing to intrasaccadic suppression.
  • This finding contrasts with previous studies emphasizing increased uncertainty as the primary cause.

Conclusions:

  • Intrasaccadic suppression is primarily mediated by a decrease in visual detector gain.
  • The equivalent noise approach provides a valuable framework for comparing neural correlates of saccadic suppression.
  • This study offers a refined understanding of how the visual system adapts during rapid eye movements.