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Perception of Biological Motion: Difference Between the Visual Fields and Comparison with Non-Biological Motion

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2013, v.25 no.1, pp.25-43
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2013.25.1.002

(2013). Perception of Biological Motion: Difference Between the Visual Fields and Comparison with Non-Biological Motion. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 25(1), 25-43, https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2013.25.1.002

Abstract

The present study investigated perception of biological motion (BM) focusing on two issues. Although it has been reported that the right posterior region of the superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) is more strongly activated than the left pSTS when viewing BM, the reason is not well understood. Second, most previous studies have focused on the accuracy of BM perception while reaction time (RT) to BM compared with other motion signals remains relatively unknown. BM and non-BM stimuli were briefly presented in each (left and right) visual field in Task 1. In Task 2, the same stimuli were displayed at the center. RT and accuracy were measured in both tasks. To explore a possible perceptual correlate of the neural anisotropy in the pSTS, RT and accuracy between the two visual fields were compared (Task 1). To examine the efficiency of BM processing, RT and accuracy differences between BM and non-BM were examined (Task 1 and Task 2). The result from Task 1 demonstrated that RT was faster and accuracy was higher when BM was presented in the left visual field. This suggests a perceptual correlate of greater right pSTS activation associated with BM perception. The results from Task 1 and Task 2 revealed that BM was detected more quickly and accurately than non-BM, suggesting that BM processing is more efficient than other global motion processing when information is limited by brief exposure. Analysis of error trials from the two tasks also suggests a perceptual bias of judging ambiguous motion signals as BM.

keywords
Biological motion, Visual field, Perception, Superior temporal sulcus (STS), Reaction time, 생물형 운동, 시야, 지각, 상측두구, 반응 시간

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