Visual accuracy is consistently shown to be modulated around the time of the action execution. The neural underpinning of this motor-induced modulation of visual perception is still unclear. Here, we investigate with EEG whether it is related to the readiness potential, an event-related potential (ERP) linked to motor preparation. Across 18 human participants, the magnitude of visual modulation following a voluntary button press was found to correlate with the readiness potential amplitude measured during visual discrimination. Participants' amplitude of the readiness potential in a purely motor-task was also found to correlate with the extent of the motor-induced modulation of visual perception in the visuomotor task. These results provide strong evidence that perceptual changes close to action execution are associated with motor preparation processes and that this mechanism is independent of task contingencies. Further, our findings suggest that the readiness potential provides a fingerprint of individual visuomotor interaction.

The Readiness Potential Correlates with Action-Linked Modulation of Visual Accuracy / Benedetto, Alessandro; Ho, Hao Tam; Morrone, Maria Concetta. - In: ENEURO. - ISSN 2373-2822. - 9:(2022), p. ENEURO.0085-22.2022. [10.1523/ENEURO.0085-22.2022]

The Readiness Potential Correlates with Action-Linked Modulation of Visual Accuracy

Benedetto, Alessandro;Ho, Hao Tam;Morrone, Maria Concetta
2022

Abstract

Visual accuracy is consistently shown to be modulated around the time of the action execution. The neural underpinning of this motor-induced modulation of visual perception is still unclear. Here, we investigate with EEG whether it is related to the readiness potential, an event-related potential (ERP) linked to motor preparation. Across 18 human participants, the magnitude of visual modulation following a voluntary button press was found to correlate with the readiness potential amplitude measured during visual discrimination. Participants' amplitude of the readiness potential in a purely motor-task was also found to correlate with the extent of the motor-induced modulation of visual perception in the visuomotor task. These results provide strong evidence that perceptual changes close to action execution are associated with motor preparation processes and that this mechanism is independent of task contingencies. Further, our findings suggest that the readiness potential provides a fingerprint of individual visuomotor interaction.
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ENEURO.0085-22.2022
Benedetto, Alessandro; Ho, Hao Tam; Morrone, Maria Concetta
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