Visual Stimuli
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Using Looming Visual Stimuli to Evaluate Mouse Vision
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2019
To examine mouse vision, we conducted a looming test. Mice were placed in a large square arena with a monitor on its ceiling. The looming visual stimulus consistently evoked freezing or flight reactions in the mice.
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Irrelevant Stimuli and Action Control: Analyzing the Influence of Ignored Stimuli via the Distractor-Response Binding Paradigm
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2014
The distractor-response binding paradigm is described. It can be used to shed light on the influence irrelevant stimuli, competing with targets for a response, can have on human action. Both response retrieval effects and distractor inhibition effects can be analyzed within the paradigm.
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Applying Incongruent Visual-Tactile Stimuli during Object Transfer with Vibro-Tactile Feedback
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2019
We present a protocol to apply incongruent visual-tactile stimuli during an object transfer task. Specifically, during block transfers, performed while the hand is hidden, a virtual presentation of the block shows random occurrences of false block drops. The protocol also describes adding vibrotactile feedback while performing the motor task.
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Computer-Generated Animal Model Stimuli
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2007
Computer-generated stimuli using the Jacky dragon as a model.
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Methods to Test Visual Attention Online
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2015
To replicate laboratory settings, online data collection methods for visual tasks require tight control over stimulus presentation. We outline methods for the use of a web application to collect performance data on two tests of visual attention.
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The retina does more than receive light: photoreceptors convert incoming light into neural signals, and retinal circuits refine those signals before transmission through the optic nerve. This early processing helps preserve information about features such as color, form, and movement, allowing later visual areas to relate environmental patterns to perception and behavior.
Controlled stimuli let researchers examine how particular environmental features influence neural activity or behavior. By presenting defined patterns of light, color, form, or movement, investigators can relate the selected visual input to processes such as sensory processing, attention, perception, learning, or visually guided behavior rather than relying on an uncontrolled visual scene.
When an organism views a controlled stimulus, researchers can compare the stimulus features with neural signals and observed responses. Neural recording or brain imaging provides measures of activity in relation to the visual input, while behavioral observations show how perception, learning, attention, or visually guided actions may change. Together, these measurements connect environmental information with brain function and behavior.
A typical workflow begins by presenting a controlled visual pattern to an organism, followed by measurement of neural activity, brain activity, behavior, or some combination of these outcomes. Researchers then examine how the measured response corresponds to the stimulus. This approach supports systematic investigation of sensory processing and the neural basis of perception or action.
Researchers present selected visual patterns while examining neural responses or behavioral outcomes associated with attention, perception, or learning. Differences in responses can indicate how visual information is processed, interpreted, or used over time. Because the input is controlled, the method helps link specific environmental features with changes in brain activity and visually guided behavior.
Visual stimuli support studies ranging from early sensory processing to higher-level perception and behavior. They can be paired with neural recording and brain imaging to investigate how visual information moves from retinal processing to activity in visual areas of the brain. The same experimental approach also helps examine attention, learning, and responses that depend on vision.