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  • Visual Neuroscience
  • Perception Psychology
  • Computational Vision

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  • The visual system uses distinct mechanisms to reconcile differences between peripheral and foveal vision.
  • Peripheral vision has lower resolution and higher spatial uncertainty than foveal vision.
  • Previous studies show observers perceive objects as less distorted and blurry in the periphery during fixation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if visual overcompensation extends to saccadic eye movements.
  • To determine if this overcompensation biases the detection of transsaccadic changes in object regularity.
  • To explore the impact of blur and distortion on transsaccadic perception.

Main Methods:

  • Manipulation of blur and distortion in geometric shapes using the Eidolons algorithm.
  • Appearance discrimination tasks assessing perceived blur and distortion before and after saccades.
  • Change discrimination tasks evaluating the detection of regularity changes during saccades.

Main Results:

  • Objects appeared less blurry before a saccade (periphery) than after (fovea); no difference in distortion perception.
  • Participants tended to report increases in both blur and distortion across saccades.
  • A transsaccadic decrease in regularity was more detectable than an increase.
  • Phenomenological sharpening of blurry edges was observed before saccades.

Conclusions:

  • Peripheral-foveal differences in visual perception generalize to dynamic, transsaccadic conditions.
  • A mechanism similar to peripheral overcompensation contributes to biases in transsaccadic change detection.
  • The visual system exhibits phenomenological sharpening of blurry edges prior to saccades.