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A Psychophysics Paradigm for the Collection and Analysis of Similarity Judgments
Published on: March 1, 2022
Perceptual History Acts in World-Centred Coordinates
Kyriaki Mikellidou1, Guido Marco Cicchini2, David C Burr3
1Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Centre for Applied Neuroscience, Nicosia, Cyprus; Department of Neuroscience, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Abstract:
Serial dependence effects have been observed using a variety of stimuli and tasks, revealing that the recent past can bias current percepts, leading to increased similarity between two. The aim of this study is to determine whether this temporal integration occurs in egocentric or allocentric coordinates. We asked participants to perform an orientation reproduction task using grating stimuli while the head was kept at a fixed position, or after a 40° yaw rotation between trials, from left (-20°) to right (+20°), putting the egocentric and allocentric cues in conflict. Under these conditions, allocentric cues prevailed.
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