Facial Expression Identification with Intrasaccadic Stimulus Substitution

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Abstract

Extreme temporal condition for visual identification task is held. A gaze-contingent eyetracking study was used to assess how presaccadic stimulus influences the one presented during a reactive saccade. A strong forward masking effect is found. Identification rate of second image is below chance, but still in accordance with previous studies, where no masking was present. Identification rate, erratic responses, statistical connection with alternative response (2AFC task), physical properties of saccades are similar to simple intrasaccadic identification task [3; 5]. Two aspects of transsaccadic visual perception were hypothesized, possessing common temporal structure: sensoric (geometric primitive detection) and gnostical (naturalistically valid object identification).

General Information

Keywords: facial expression identification, facial expressions, eye movements, saccadic suppression, direct visual masking, transsaccadic perception

Journal rubric: Face Science

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2021140205

Funding. This study was funded by Russian Scientific Foundation (grant number 18-18-00350-П)

For citation: Zherdev I.Y., Barabanschikov V.A. Facial Expression Identification with Intrasaccadic Stimulus Substitution. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2021. Vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 68–84. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2021140205.

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Information About the Authors

Ivan Y. Zherdev, associated researcher, software developer, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6810-9297, e-mail: ivan866@mail.ru

Vladimir A. Barabanschikov, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Director, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5084-0513, e-mail: vladimir.barabanschikov@gmail.com

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