Top-down control of attention by stereoscopic depth

Zou, Bochao; Liu, Yue; Wolfe, Jeremy M.

doi:10.1016/j.visres.2022.108061

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“…Fewer studies have investigated how attention is allocated in threedimensional space. Studies that have researched this have found that attention can be guided by cues to depth, especially stereoscopic cues [34][35][36][37][38][39][40] . Cue disparity also had some influence on mantis selective attention in our experiments.…”

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Cue Disparity and Visual Selective Attention in Praying Mantises

Robert

Ting

Ganot

et al. 2023

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Research on insect selective attention has typically investigated it using stimuli in a single plane. The importance of cues to depth, such as stereoscopic disparity, is less well understood. Recent findings on the neurobiology of mantis stereopsis demonstrated centrifugal neuronal connections from the central brain to peripheral optic areas, suggesting the possibility of attentional modulation. To test this, we investigated whether the disparity of a prior cue influences mantis tracking of 3D targets. We fitted mantises with 3D glasses and presented them with a cue, followed by two 3D stimuli: a high contrast target and a distractor with different contrasts. The cue appeared either on the side of the target or the distractor. We varied the disparity of the cue and measured the influence of the cue on the probability of head saccades to the target. Our results show that, compared to the uncued condition, cues with a crossed or an uncrossed disparity reduced head saccades to a single target when presented on the opposite side of the screen. These effects were not seen for cues with zero disparity. The effects of cues of different disparities did not themselves differ significantly, but crossed and uncrossed disparity cues had a stronger effect than zero disparity cues. Our results show that mantis selective attention is influenced by the presence and position of prior cues with a potential influence of cue disparity. This adds further evidence for the complexity of attention-like processes in insects.

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Cue Disparity and Visual Selective Attention in Praying Mantises

Robert

Ting

Ganot

et al. 2023

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“…Our study uncovered a mutual modulation between existing binocular rivalry and stereopsis, indicating an interconnection between the formation of stable and bistable perceptions during bottom–up processing in binocular vision. Given that both bottom–up processing and top–down regulation influence our perception ( Gilbert & Sigman, 2007 ; Intaitė, Noreika, Šoliūnas, & Falter, 2013 ; Kornmeier, Hein, & Bach, 2009 ; Theeuwes, 2019 ; Tong et al., 2006 ), studies have shown that top–down attention can also modulate both stereopsis ( Zou, Liu, & Wolfe, 2022 ) and binocular rivalry ( Meng & Tong, 2004 ; Paffen, Alais, & Verstraten, 2006 ; Zhang, Jiang, & He, 2012 ). However, it remains unanswered whether top–down processes, such as attention, can simultaneously influence both binocular rivalry and stereopsis through the regulation of binocular balance, which we propose as a potential mechanism underlying the connection between binocular integration and interocular suppression.…”

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Integration and suppression interact in binocular vision

Jiang,

Meng

2023

Journal of Vision

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Contingent on stereo compatibility, two images presented dichoptically can lead to either binocular integration, thus generating stable stereopsis, or interocular suppression that induces binocular rivalry with bistable perception that alternates between the two images. The relationship between binocular integration and interocular suppression concerns how our brain processes binocular inputs to form unified visual awareness but remains unclear. Here, a series of psychophysical experiments were conducted to address this question, revealing that these collaborative and competitive binocular interactions are interconnected and would mediate one another according to their strength. Specifically, Experiments 1a and 1b showed that the presence of binocular rivalry inhibited peripheral stereopsis, significantly elevating the stereo threshold, with higher elevation resulting from increasing rivalry contrast. Experiments 2a and 2b showed that existing stereopsis with increasing binocular disparity balanced the dynamics of peripheral binocular rivalry, rendering more equivalent eye dominance. Based on these interactions, we suggest that binocular integration and interocular suppression may mediate one another through an overlapping mechanism for regulating eye dominance, with strong stereo percepts tending to reduce eye dominance and strong rivalry tending to increase eye dominance.

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“…Problems with 3D [8], [15] include occlusion hiding information, ambiguous depth, distortion due to perspective, complex navigation, and difficulty reading text. Advantages of 3D include having an additional visual channel for encoding a variable, ability to have multiple views in 3D space [1], [19], and depth cues sometimes making it easier to find information [20].…”

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“…VR and AR [21] headsets provide immersion, 3D input, and enhanced depth cues, in particular head-coupled motion and stereo disparity [20], [22], [23]. Recent uses of these platforms for information visualization include ImAxes [24] and DataHop [25].…”

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Path Tracing in 2D, 3D, and Physicalized Networks

McGuffin¹,

Servera²,

Forest³

2022

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It is common to advise against using 3D to visualize abstract data such as networks, however Ware and Mitchell's 2008 study showed that path tracing in a network is less error prone in 3D than in 2D. It is unclear, however, if 3D retains its advantage when the 2D presentation of a network is improved using edge-routing, and when simple interaction techniques for exploring the network are available. We address this with two studies of path tracing under new conditions. The first study was preregistered, involved 34 users, and compared 2D and 3D layouts that the user could rotate and move in virtual reality with a handheld controller. Error rates were lower in 3D than in 2D, despite the use of edge-routing in 2D and the use of mouse-driven interactive highlighting of edges. The second study involved 12 users and investigated data physicalization, comparing 3D layouts in virtual reality versus physical 3D printouts of networks augmented with a Microsoft HoloLens headset. No difference was found in error rate, but users performed a variety of actions with their fingers in the physical condition which can inform new interaction techniques.

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Top-down control of attention by stereoscopic depth

Cited by 8 publications

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Cue Disparity and Visual Selective Attention in Praying Mantises

Cue Disparity and Visual Selective Attention in Praying Mantises

Integration and suppression interact in binocular vision

Path Tracing in 2D, 3D, and Physicalized Networks

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