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Unexpected sounds induce a rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses

Authors: Vasilev, M.R., Ozkan, Z.G., Kirkby, J.A., Nuthmann, A. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: Psychophysiology

Volume: 62

Issue: 1

eISSN: 1469-8986

ISSN: 0048-5772

DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14728

Abstract:

Unexpected sounds have been shown to trigger a global and transient inhibition of motor responses. Recent evidence suggests that eye movements may also be inhibited in a similar way, but it is not clear how quickly unexpected sounds can affect eye-movement responses. Additionally, little is known about whether they affect only voluntary saccades or also reflexive saccades. In this study, participants performed a pro-saccade and an anti-saccade task while the timing of sounds relative to stimulus onset was manipulated. Pro-saccades are generally reflexive and stimulus-driven, whereas anti-saccades require the generation of a voluntary saccade in the opposite direction of a peripheral stimulus. Unexpected novel sounds inhibited the execution of both pro- and anti-saccades compared to standard sounds, but the inhibition was stronger for anti-saccades. Novel sounds affected response latencies as early as 150 ms before the peripheral cue to make a saccade, all the way to 25 ms after the cue to make a saccade. Interestingly, unexpected sounds also reduced anti-saccade task errors, indicating that they aided inhibitory control. Overall, these results suggest that unexpected sounds yield a global and rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses. This inhibition also helps suppress reflexive eye-movement responses in favor of more voluntarily generated ones.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40666/

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Unexpected sounds induce a rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses.

Authors: Vasilev, M.R., Ozkan, Z.G., Kirkby, J.A., Nuthmann, A. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: Psychophysiology

Volume: 62

Issue: 1

Pages: e14728

eISSN: 1469-8986

DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14728

Abstract:

Unexpected sounds have been shown to trigger a global and transient inhibition of motor responses. Recent evidence suggests that eye movements may also be inhibited in a similar way, but it is not clear how quickly unexpected sounds can affect eye-movement responses. Additionally, little is known about whether they affect only voluntary saccades or also reflexive saccades. In this study, participants performed a pro-saccade and an anti-saccade task while the timing of sounds relative to stimulus onset was manipulated. Pro-saccades are generally reflexive and stimulus-driven, whereas anti-saccades require the generation of a voluntary saccade in the opposite direction of a peripheral stimulus. Unexpected novel sounds inhibited the execution of both pro- and anti-saccades compared to standard sounds, but the inhibition was stronger for anti-saccades. Novel sounds affected response latencies as early as 150 ms before the peripheral cue to make a saccade, all the way to 25 ms after the cue to make a saccade. Interestingly, unexpected sounds also reduced anti-saccade task errors, indicating that they aided inhibitory control. Overall, these results suggest that unexpected sounds yield a global and rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses. This inhibition also helps suppress reflexive eye-movement responses in favor of more voluntarily generated ones.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40666/

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Unexpected sounds induce a rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses

Authors: Vasilev, M.R., Ozkan, Z.G., Kirkby, J.A., Nuthmann, A. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Volume: 62

Issue: 1

eISSN: 1469-8986

ISSN: 0048-5772

DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14728

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40666/

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Unexpected sounds induce a rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses.

Authors: Vasilev, M.R., Ozkan, Z.G., Kirkby, J.A., Nuthmann, A. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: Psychophysiology

Volume: 62

Issue: 1

Pages: e14728

eISSN: 1540-5958

ISSN: 0048-5772

DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14728

Abstract:

Unexpected sounds have been shown to trigger a global and transient inhibition of motor responses. Recent evidence suggests that eye movements may also be inhibited in a similar way, but it is not clear how quickly unexpected sounds can affect eye-movement responses. Additionally, little is known about whether they affect only voluntary saccades or also reflexive saccades. In this study, participants performed a pro-saccade and an anti-saccade task while the timing of sounds relative to stimulus onset was manipulated. Pro-saccades are generally reflexive and stimulus-driven, whereas anti-saccades require the generation of a voluntary saccade in the opposite direction of a peripheral stimulus. Unexpected novel sounds inhibited the execution of both pro- and anti-saccades compared to standard sounds, but the inhibition was stronger for anti-saccades. Novel sounds affected response latencies as early as 150 ms before the peripheral cue to make a saccade, all the way to 25 ms after the cue to make a saccade. Interestingly, unexpected sounds also reduced anti-saccade task errors, indicating that they aided inhibitory control. Overall, these results suggest that unexpected sounds yield a global and rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses. This inhibition also helps suppress reflexive eye-movement responses in favor of more voluntarily generated ones.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40666/

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Unexpected sounds induce a rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses

Authors: Vasilev, M.R., Ozkan, Z.G., Kirkby, J.A., Nuthmann, A. and Parmentier, F.B.R.

Journal: Psychophysiology

Volume: 62

Issue: 1

ISSN: 0048-5772

Abstract:

Unexpected sounds have been shown to trigger a global and transient inhibition of motor responses. Recent evidence suggests that eye movements may also be inhibited in a similar way, but it is not clear how quickly unexpected sounds can affect eye-movement responses. Additionally, little is known about whether they affect only voluntary saccades or also reflexive saccades. In this study, participants performed a pro-saccade and an anti-saccade task while the timing of sounds relative to stimulus onset was manipulated. Pro-saccades are generally reflexive and stimulus-driven, whereas anti-saccades require the generation of a voluntary saccade in the opposite direction of a peripheral stimulus. Unexpected novel sounds inhibited the execution of both pro- and anti-saccades compared to standard sounds, but the inhibition was stronger for anti-saccades. Novel sounds affected response latencies as early as 150 ms before the peripheral cue to make a saccade, all the way to 25 ms after the cue to make a saccade. Interestingly, unexpected sounds also reduced anti-saccade task errors, indicating that they aided inhibitory control. Overall, these results suggest that unexpected sounds yield a global and rapid inhibition of eye-movement responses. This inhibition also helps suppress reflexive eye-movement responses in favor of more voluntarily generated ones.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40666/

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