Aleshin Stepan, Ziman Gergo, Kovács Ilona, Braun Jochen
Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.
J Vis. 2019 Mar 1;19(3):5. doi: 10.1167/19.3.5.
When binocular rivalry is induced by opponent motion displays, perceptual reversals are often associated with changed oculomotor behavior (Frässle, Sommer, Jansen, Naber, & Einhäuser, 2014; Fujiwara et al., 2017). Specifically, the direction of smooth pursuit phases in optokinetic nystagmus typically corresponds to the direction of motion that dominates perceptual appearance at any given time. Here we report an improved analysis that continuously estimates perceived motion in terms of "cumulative smooth pursuit." In essence, smooth pursuit segments are identified, interpolated where necessary, and joined probabilistically into a continuous record of cumulative smooth pursuit (i.e., probability of eye position disregarding blinks, saccades, signal losses, and artefacts). The analysis is fully automated and robust in healthy, developmental, and patient populations. To validate reliability, we compare volitional reports of perceptual reversals in rivalry displays, and of physical reversals in nonrivalrous control displays. Cumulative smooth pursuit detects physical reversals and estimates eye velocity more accurately than existing methods do (Frässle et al., 2014). It also appears to distinguish dominant and transitional perceptual states, detecting changes with a precision of ±100 ms. We conclude that cumulative smooth pursuit significantly improves the monitoring of binocular rivalry by means of recording optokinetic nystagmus.
当双眼竞争由对抗性运动显示诱发时,知觉反转通常与眼动行为的改变有关(弗拉斯勒、索默、扬森、纳伯和艾因豪泽,2014年;藤原等人,2017年)。具体而言,视动性眼球震颤中平稳跟踪阶段的方向通常与在任何给定时间主导知觉外观的运动方向相对应。在此,我们报告一种改进的分析方法,该方法根据“累积平稳跟踪”持续估计知觉运动。实质上,识别出平稳跟踪片段,在必要时进行插值,并以概率方式连接成累积平稳跟踪的连续记录(即忽略眨眼、扫视、信号丢失和伪迹的眼位概率)。该分析在健康人群、发育人群和患者群体中完全自动化且稳健。为验证可靠性,我们比较了竞争显示中知觉反转的自主报告以及非竞争对照显示中物理反转的自主报告。累积平稳跟踪比现有方法更准确地检测物理反转并估计眼速(弗拉斯勒等人,2014年)。它似乎还能区分主导和过渡性知觉状态,检测变化的精度为±100毫秒。我们得出结论,累积平稳跟踪通过记录视动性眼球震颤显著改善了对双眼竞争的监测。
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