Walking entrains unique oscillations for central and peripheral visual detection

Author:

Phan Cameron K.ORCID,Davidson Matthew J.ORCID,Alais David

Abstract

AbstractIt is important to investigate perception in the context of natural behaviour in order to reach a holistic account of how sensory processes are coordinated with actions. In particular, the effect of walking upon perceptual and cognitive functions has recently been investigated in the context of how common voluntary actions may dynamically impact upon visual detection. This work has revealed that walking can enhance peripheral visual processing, and that during walking, performance on a visual detection task oscillates through good and bad periods within the phases of the stride-cycle. Here, we extend this work by examining whether oscillations in visual detection performance are uniform across the visual field while walking. Participants monitored parafoveal (∼3.7 d.v.a) and peripheral (∼7 d.v.a) locations left/right of fixation for the onset of targets while walking at a natural pace in wireless virtual reality. For targets at all locations accuracy, reaction times and response likelihood oscillated within each individual’s stride-cycle, at primarily 2 or 4 cycles per stride. Importantly, oscillations in accuracy and reaction time shared the same frequency at both locations but were decreased in amplitude and phase-lagged in the periphery, revealing an interaction between visual field locations and oscillations in performance. Together, these results demonstrate that oscillations in visual performance entrained by the stride-cycle occur with unique amplitudes and phases across the visual field.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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