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  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception
  • Ophthalmology

Background:

  • Fixational eye movements (FEMs) counteract neural adaptation, aiding visual perception.
  • The specific role of microsaccades in spatial frequency (SF) perception is debated.
  • Previous analyses limited understanding of microsaccades' impact on SF visibility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how microsaccades influence the visibility of stimuli across different spatial frequencies over time.
  • To correlate microsaccade activity with perceptual changes in target visibility.

Main Methods:

  • Participants continuously reported target visibility changes.
  • Microsaccade parameters were time-locked to perceptual transitions.
  • Analysis focused on the relationship between microsaccades and SF visibility.

Main Results:

  • Microsaccades more effectively restored visibility for low SF targets than high SF targets.
  • Increased microsaccade rates preceded enhanced visibility across all tested SFs.
  • Larger microsaccades demonstrated a greater positive impact on target visibility.

Conclusions:

  • Microsaccades significantly enhance visual target visibility across a wide range of spatial frequencies.
  • Microsaccade production appears to proactively support sustained visual perception.
  • The size of microsaccades correlates with their effectiveness in restoring visual clarity.