Abstract
Does the preference for visual speed extend to motion perception when the eye moves? Current evidence from psychophysics and neuroscience is limited to small patches of image motion and stationary fixation. Active observers, however, are more likely to use large patches of retinal flow and extraretinal signals accompanying eye movement to judge motion. We therefore investigated whether speed remains a primary dimension during smooth pursuit using a "discrimination-contour" technique. Our results showed that observers struggled most when trying to discriminate pursued stimuli that traveled at the same speed but moved over different distances and durations. This remained the case when retinal flow was added, and when we isolated trials in which extraretinal signals were the only salient cue to motion. Our results suggest that preferential sensitivity for visual speed is quite general, supported by the many different types of motion mechanism used by active observers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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