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¹Institute for Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Sensory Perception

Background:

Our senses process constant external stimulation, including that from self-generated movement.
Sensations from self-movement are typically attenuated, meaning they are perceived as weaker.
Interpretation of current sensory input is shaped by past experiences, a phenomenon known as serial dependency.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the interaction between sensory attenuation and serial dependencies.
To determine how temporal predictability influences sensory attenuation.
To examine the impact of self-generated versus externally generated stimuli on serial dependencies.

Main Methods:

Experiment 1: Assessed sensory attenuation under conditions of temporal predictability.
Experiment 2: Investigated temporal predictability's role in visuospatial localization and its effect on serial dependencies with attenuated stimuli.
Experiment 3: Compared serial dependencies for self-generated (button press) versus externally generated stimuli in a localization task.

Main Results:

Temporal predictability was found to cause sensory attenuation.
Attenuated stimuli were subject to serial dependency effects, with stronger effects when previous trial certainty was high.
Self-generated trials showed stronger serial dependencies than externally generated trials when presented alternately, but not in blocked conditions.

Conclusions:

Sensory attenuation and serial dependencies interact dynamically.
The relative uncertainty between successive sensory trials is a key determinant of serial dependency strength.
Understanding these interactions provides insight into how the brain processes self-generated versus external sensory information.