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Sarit F A Szpiro¹, Miriam Spering², Marisa Carrasco³

¹Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA.

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Perceptual learning enhances visual motion direction estimation and surprisingly improves untrained smooth pursuit eye movements. This indicates that changes in perception can directly influence motor responses.

Keywords:

learning transfer motion perception perceptual estimation perceptual learning smooth pursuit eye movements

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Perceptual Psychology
Motor Control

Background:

Perceptual learning enhances visual processing in humans, demonstrating sensory plasticity.
The impact of visual perceptual learning on motor responses remains largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate whether visual perceptual learning influences motor responses, specifically smooth pursuit eye movements.
To determine if training a perceptual task affects a related motor task and vice versa.

Main Methods:

Trained observers on a motion direction estimation task (perceptual response).
Assessed the effect of perceptual training on voluntary smooth pursuit eye movements (motor response).
Compared these effects with training on smooth pursuit alone.

Main Results:

Perceptual training significantly increased motion direction overestimation.
Remarkably, perceptual training also improved untrained smooth pursuit eye movements.
Conversely, pursuit training did not alter perceptual overestimation or discrimination.

Conclusions:

Active perceptual training is essential for modifying perceptual responses.
An acquired change in perception is sufficient to alter motor responses like smooth pursuit.
This highlights a direct link between perceptual plasticity and motor control.