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dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Robert G.
dc.contributor.authorVenkatakrishnan, Ashwin
dc.contributor.authorChanovas, Jordi
dc.contributor.authorMacknik, Stephen L.
dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Conde, Susana
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-23T16:34:54Z
dc.date.available2024-09-23T16:34:54Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-11
dc.identifier.citationAlexander RG, Venkatakrishnan A, Chanovas J, Macknik SL, Martinez-Conde S. Microsaccades mediate perceptual alternations in Monet's "Impression, sunrise". Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 11;11(1):3612. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82222-3. PMID: 33574386; PMCID: PMC7878487.en_US
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-021-82222-3
dc.identifier.pmid33574386
dc.identifier.pii82222
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/15520
dc.description.abstractTroxler fading, the perceptual disappearance of stationary images upon sustained fixation, is common for objects with equivalent luminance to that of the background. Previous work showed that variations in microsaccadic rates underlie the perceptual vanishing and intensification of simple stimuli, such as Gabor patches. Here, we demonstrate that microsaccade dynamics also contribute to Troxler fading and intensification during the viewing of representational art. Participants fixated a small spot while viewing either a Gabor patch on a blank background, or Monet's painting "Impression, Sunrise." They continuously reported, via button press/release, whether the Gabor patch, or the sun in Monet's painting, was fading versus intensifying, while their eye movements were recorded with high precision. Microsaccade rates peaked before reports of increased visibility, and dropped before reports of decreased visibility or fading, both when viewing Gabor patches and Monet's sun. These results reveal that the relationship between microsaccade production and the reversal and prevention of Troxler fading applies not only to the viewing of contrived stimuli, but also to the observation of "Impression, Sunrise." Whether or not perceptual fading was consciously intended by Monet, our findings indicate that observers' oculomotor dynamics are a contributor to the cornerstone of Impressionism.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipla Caixa Foundationen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLCen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82222-3en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
dc.titleMicrosaccades mediate perceptual alternations in Monet’s “Impression, sunrise”en_US
dc.typeArticle/Reviewen_US
dc.source.journaltitleScientific Reportsen_US
dc.source.volume11
dc.source.issue1
dc.description.versionVoRen_US
refterms.dateFOA2024-09-23T16:34:55Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Downstateen_US
dc.description.departmentOphthalmologyen_US
dc.description.departmentNeurologyen_US
dc.description.departmentPhysiology and Pharmacologyen_US
dc.description.departmentLaboratory of Translational Neuroscienceen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US


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