Stochastic Motion Stimuli Influence Perceptual Choices in Human Participants.

Autor:	Fard PR; Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany., Bitzer S; Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany., Pannasch S; Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.; Centre for Tactile Internet With Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany., Kiebel SJ; Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.; Centre for Tactile Internet With Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in neuroscience [Front Neurosci] 2022 Mar 02; Vol. 15, pp. 749728. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 02 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.3389/fnins.2021.749728
Abstrakt:	In the study of perceptual decision making, it has been widely assumed that random fluctuations of motion stimuli are irrelevant for a participant's choice. Recently, evidence was presented that these random fluctuations have a measurable effect on the relationship between neuronal and behavioral variability, the so-called choice probability. Here, we test, in a behavioral experiment, whether stochastic motion stimuli influence the choices of human participants. Our results show that for specific stochastic motion stimuli, participants indeed make biased choices, where the bias is consistent over participants. Using a computational model, we show that this consistent choice bias is caused by subtle motion information contained in the motion noise. We discuss the implications of this finding for future studies of perceptual decision making. Specifically, we suggest that future experiments should be complemented with a stimulus-informed modeling approach to control for the effects of apparent decision evidence in random stimuli. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Fard, Bitzer, Pannasch and Kiebel.)
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