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Oliver W Layton¹, Brett R Fajen¹

¹Department of Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America.

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Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience
Visual Perception

Background:

Human heading perception relies on optic flow, but is challenged by moving objects.
Moving objects create inconsistent optic flow, potentially degrading heading accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate if recurrent, competitive neural dynamics explain robust human heading perception.
Model the neural mechanisms underlying stable heading estimation.

Main Methods:

Developed a dynamical model of primate visual areas V1, MT, and MSTd.
Incorporated recurrent interactions among MSTd neurons, simulating competitive dynamics.
Compared model performance to existing heading models without competitive dynamics.

Main Results:

Models without competitive dynamics produced unstable heading estimates.
The proposed model with competitive dynamics stabilized heading estimates over time.
Soft winner-take-all dynamics suppressed responses to transient optic flow changes.

Conclusions:

Recurrent competitive temporal dynamics are crucial for robust and stable heading perception.
This mechanism explains how the visual system maintains accurate heading in complex environments.
Findings support a specific neural computation for reliable self-motion perception.