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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • Postdiction, where a later stimulus alters perception of earlier ones, is known across senses but its neural basis is unclear.
  • The rabbit illusion, where isochronous, nonequidistant stimuli appear equidistant, may stem from an internal bias for constant-speed motion.
  • Prestimulus alpha oscillations (8-12 Hz) are linked to perceptual expectations and biases, suggesting a role in postdiction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural underpinnings of the rabbit illusion by examining the role of prestimulus alpha oscillations.
  • To determine if alpha oscillations reflect an individual's prior for constant-speed motion in visual perception.
  • To differentiate the roles of alpha power and phase in influencing perceptual reports during postdiction.

Main Methods:

  • Human participants viewed ambiguous visual sequences under simultaneous MEG and EEG recording.
  • The rabbit illusion was induced, allowing comparison of brain activity for identical stimuli yielding different percepts.
  • Individual susceptibility to the illusion (constant-speed prior) was assessed via illusion rates and detection criteria.

Main Results:

  • Higher frontoparietal alpha power correlated with stronger adherence to the individual's constant-speed prior, influencing illusion perception.
  • Participants with high illusion susceptibility showed high alpha power, reporting the illusion, while low susceptibility participants reported the veridical sequence.
  • Prestimulus alpha phase in occipitoparietal areas distinguished between illusory and veridical perception trials.

Conclusions:

  • Prestimulus alpha power appears to reflect an individual's internal prior for constant-speed motion, guiding perception in postdiction.
  • Alpha phase in specific brain regions may serve to modulate sensory uncertainty, further influencing perceptual outcomes.
  • These findings elucidate the neural mechanisms of postdiction and the influence of internal priors on visual perception.